SWINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is an application for bail on behalf of Swinder Singh who stands convicted under Section 394, Indian Penal Code, and sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 200/ - in default whereof to further rigorous imprisonment for three months.

(2.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner has forcefully contended that merits apart, the present appeal of the petitioner would become infructuous if he is declined the concession of bail at this stage. It is submitted that this Court should take judicial notice of the fact that in normal routine, criminal appeals of 1974 are as yet being heard in turn and the court has taken a policy decision that criminal appeals should be heard strictly in the order of filing.

(3.) FOLLOWING the above, I allow this application and direct that the petitioner be released on his furnishing adequate security to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar.