Criminal Misc. No. M-8120 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-8120 of 2011 Date of decision : 25.04.2011 Chanchal Kumar ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh 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. 208 dated 18.09.2007 under Sections 379 IPC and Sections 411, 467 & 468 IPC added later on at Police Station Model Town, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been in custody since 24.12.2010. According to him, investigation qua petitioner has been concluded and case is triable by Magistrate, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during the pendency of trial. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that petitioner was earlier declared a proclaimed offender and was Criminal Misc. No. M-8120 of 2011 2 arrested in December, 2010 only. He submits that in case petitioner is to be enlarged on bail, the same should be subject to stringent conditions. 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, Ludhiana. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose. April 25, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE