CRM-M- No. 11639 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M- No. 11639 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : May 24, 2011 Charanjit Singh @ Channi ...... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present : Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhawana Gupta, DAG, Punjab. **** Alok Singh, J (Oral) This is an application seeking bail in FIR No.20 dated 30.1.2009, under Sections 307/224/353/186/332/333/427/120-B of Indian Penal Code and 25/54/59 of Arms Act, registered at Police Station Sadar, Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has stated that the petitioner is in judicial custody w.e.f. 29.5.2009. He has further submitted that out of 22 accused 20 accused have already been enlarged on bail. He has further stated that trial is not likely to be concluded at the earliest. CRM-M- No. 11639 of 2011 (O&M) 2 Ms. Bhawana Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, on the instructions from Head Constable Paramjit Singh, states that till date not a single prosecution witness has been examined because of non co-operation of the accused who are already on bail. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is directed to be allowed. Let petitioner be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Trial Court. (Alok Singh) Judge May 24, 2011 Anand