Vikas Kalyan @ Nannu v. State Of Punjab

CRM-M-37508-2015 (O&M) -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37508-2015 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 06, 2015 Vikas Kalyan alias Nannu .....Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NARESH KUMAR SANGHI

Present:

Mr.H.S.Thiara, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr.K.S.Pannu, DAG, Punjab.

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Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ?

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To be referred to the Reporters or not ?

3.

Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? NARESH KUMAR SANGHI, J.(Oral) Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 439, Cr.P.C., is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, Vikas Kalyan alias Nannu, s/o Vinod Kumar, r/o Kalia Colony, Jalandhar, who has been booked for having committed the offences punishable under Sections 148 and 307 read with Section 149, IPC, and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, in a case arising out of FIR No.134, dated 15.07.2015, registered at Police Station, Navi Baradari, Jalandhar, Punjab.

Learned counsel contends that even if the whole case MEENU 2015.11.06 16:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document chandigarh

CRM-M-37508-2015 (O&M) -2of the prosecution is taken at its face value, then also it cannot be said that the petitioner was part of the groups which were fighting in front of Maya Hotel; no weapon of offence was recovered from the petitioner despite the fact that he was arrested from the spot and that after completion of the investigation qua the petitioner, he was sent to judicial custody. Similar situate co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Deepak Kumar @ Deepu and Narinder Kumar @ Lali have already been granted bail by this Court vide orders dated 22.09.2015 and 14.10.2015 respectively.

Learned counsel for the State, after taking instructions from HC Sewa Singh, Police Station, Navi Baradari, Jalandhar, and going through the police file, has not controverted the factual aspects raised by learned counsel for the petitioner. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner, Vikas Kalyan alias Nannu, s/o Vinod Kumar, r/o Kalia Colony, Jalandhar, is directed to be released on bail during pendency of the trial of the present case subject to his furnishing bonds to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jalandhar. November 06, 2015 (NARESH KUMAR SANGHI) meenu JUDGE MEENU 2015.11.06 16:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document chandigarh