High Court Punjab-Haryana High Court

Mahender Singh vs State Of Haryana on 8 September, 2009

Punjab-Haryana High Court
Mahender Singh vs State Of Haryana on 8 September, 2009
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      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
                     CHANDIGARH

                                  Crl. Misc No. M-14102 of 2009
                                  Date of decision : 08.09.2009

Mahender Singh
                                                         ....Petitioner

                                       V/s

State of Haryana
                                                         ....Respondent

BEFORE : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA

Present: Mr. Jitender Dhanda, Advocate
for the petitioner.

Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr. DAG Haryana.

RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL)

This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case registered

against the petitioner under Sections 418/420 IPC at Police Station City

Narwana, District Jind vide FIR No. 30 dated 28.01.2009.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has

been in custody for the last eight months and trial of the case is pending

before the JMIC, Narwana. According to the counsel, trial may take some

time to conclude and to incarcerate the petitioner indefinitely would not

advance the course of justice in any manner.

Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, submits that

allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He thus, does not

deserve to be enlarged on bail.

However, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the

case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered
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by him, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, the petition is allowed and he is ordered to be enlarged on bail

to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M, Narwana.

08.09.2009                                              (RAJAN GUPTA)
Ajay                                                       JUDGE