Crl.M.No.M-10562 of 2011(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-10562 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: July 29, 2011 Gurlal Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.K.S.Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Ashish Kapoor, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. Mr.G.S.Sandhu, Advocate for the complainant. ..... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.264, dated 2.9.2009, registered under Sections 307, 148, 149, 506, 120-B IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act, at Police Station Nissing, District Karnal. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully including the impugned order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Karnal, vide which application filed by petitioner for grant of regular bail was dismissed. It has been vehemently contended by learned counsel for the petitioner-accused that he has been continuing in custody since 3.9.2009 and all the alleged eye-witnesses have already been examined and only official witnesses remain to be examined. Bail application has been opposed by learned State counsel on Crl.M.No.M-10562 of 2011(O&M) -2- the plea that he is the main accused and he was also involved in some other cases and in one of the case, he has also been convicted. Earlier bail application filed by the petitioner-accused before learned Additional Sessions Judge, Karnal, was declined mainly on the ground that he is likely to win over the witnesses. Earlier bail application filed before this Court was got dismissed as withdrawn and the trial Court was also directed to expedite the trial. However, despite that prosecution could not complete the evidence and even on the last date of hearing, prosecution was directed to conclude the evidence before this date by seeking short adjournments, however, prosecution could not conclude the evidence and hence, it cannot be said that petitioner-accused is at fault for delaying the decision of the present case. In view of these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner-Gurlal Singh for grant of regular bail is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of CJM/Duty Magistrate, Karnal. 29.7.2011 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge