Criminal Misc. No. M-35657 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35657 of 2010 Date of decision : 21.12.2010 Nanakj Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of U.T. Chandigarh ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. C.L. Pawar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ram Pal Verma, Advocate for Mr. Rajiv Sharma, Advocate for the U.T. Chandigarh. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 145 dated 22.07.2010 under Sections 399, 402, 353 & 34 IPC at Police Station Sector 26, Chandigarh. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody since 22.07.2010 and investigation has already been completed. He submits that trial is likely to take long time to conclude and thus no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during its pendency. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, Criminal Misc. No. M-35657 of 2010 2 however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and trial is in progress. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Chandigarh. December 21, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE