Criminal Misc. No. M-13078 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-13078 of 2011 Date of decision : 20.05.2011 Mohinder Singh and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Ms. Malkiat Mann, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Arshwinder Singh, Addl. 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 petitioners vide FIR No. 155 dated 11.11.2010 under Sections 307, 324, 447, 506 & 34 IPC at Police Station Dhanaula, District Barnala. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that she does not press the present petition for bail in respect of petitioner No. 1 (Mohinder Singh) at this stage. Dismissed as not pressed qua petitioner No. 1. As regards petitioner No. 2 (Gurmail Singh), learned counsel submits that he is in custody since 11.11.2010. and trial of the case is in progress, thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining him in custody any longer. Criminal Misc. No. M-13078 of 2011 2 Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail on the ground that allegations against petitioner No. 2 are serious. He, however, does not dispute the fact that investigation has been completed and trial is in progress. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration of petitioner No. 2 and the fact that trial may still take long time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining petitioner No. 2 in custody any longer. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to petitioner No. 2. Accordingly, the petition qua petitioner No. 2 (Gurmail Singh) is allowed and he is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Barnala. May 20, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE