High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/10291/2015allowed

Rajinder Singh v. State Of Punjab

2015-07-09Mr. Justice Dr. Bharat Bhushan Parsoon2 pages

CRM-M 10291 of 2015

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CRM-M 10291 of 2015 Date of decision : 09.07.2015 Rajinder Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA

Present:

Mr. Nandan Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab.

RAJAN GUPTA J.

This is a petition filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. dated 20.08.2002 under Sections 406/420/466/467/468/471/120B IPC at Police Station Sadar Dhuri, district Sangrur.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 16.09.2014. According to counsel, petitioner is ready to furnish surety to the satisfaction of the trial court having been a proclaimed offender. Thus, no useful purpose would be served by detaining him in custody any longer. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. According to him, petitioner remained absconding for almost two years and allegations are serious in nature.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties. It is evident that petitioner is incarcerated since 16.09.2014. He has been denied bail by the court below on the ground that he remained a proclaimed offender. However, keeping AJAY KUMAR 2015.07.09 15:33 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document

CRM-M 10291 of 2015 in view the fact that trial may still take some time to conclude, 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, Sangrur. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and/or any other condition(s) which the trial court may deem fit to impose in order to ensure that petitioner does not abscond from justice. July 09, 2015 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE AJAY KUMAR 2015.07.09 15:33 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document