Criminal Misc. No. M-1523 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-1523 of 2010 Date of decision : 19.07.2010 Hari Krishan ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. 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. 54 dated 01.10.2009 under Sections 302, 341, 324, 148 & 149 IPC at Police Station Narot Jaimal Singh, Pathankot. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner has been attributed one injury on right arm of Vikrant Singh, who was accompanying the deceased. According to learned counsel, this injury attracts offence under Section 324 IPC only. He submits that petitioner has been in custody since 01.10.2009 and trial is still at its initial stage, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of same. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. However, keeping in view the nature of injury attributed to the Criminal Misc. No. M-1523 of 2010 2 petitioner, period of incarceration 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 during the pendency of the trial. 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, Gurdaspur. July 19, 2010 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE