IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.M 24074 of 2010 Date of decision: 23.11.2010 Shankar Dayal ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr.RA Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.MS Sindhu, Addl.AG, Haryana *** Jaswant Singh, J.(Oral) The prayer in this petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 472 dated 25.8.2009 registered under Sections 384, 364, 302, 201, 34 IPC at Police Station City Bhiwani, District Bhiwani. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that besides the disclosure statement of co-accused Satbir, there is no other evidence on record against the petitioner to connect the petitioner with crime. On instructions from ASI Shamsher Singh, the learned State counsel submits that the case of the prosecution is based on circumstantial evidence against both the accused petitioner and Satbir. He further submits that seven prosecution witnesses have already been examined and now the case is fixed for 4.12.2010 for remaining PWs. CRM No.M 24074 of 2010 -2- In view of the advanced stage of the trial, I do not deem it appropriate to accept the prayer of the petitioner for grant of regular bail. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. November 23, 2010 (JASWANT SINGH) gsv JUDGE