Criminal Misc. No. M-292 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-292 of 2011 Date of decision : 25.01.2011 Ashok Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. J.S. Saneta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Goripuria, DAG Haryana. 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.49 dated 20.02.2010 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Ganaur, District Sonepat. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that case is triable by Magistrate and petitioner has been in custody since 08.12.2010. According to him, investigation of the case has been completed, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and challan presented before the competent court of jurisdiction. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-292 of 2011 2 Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of the petitioner and the fact that case is triable by Magistrate, 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, Sonepat. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose. January 25, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE