JUDGMENT

G.S. ahluwalia, J. - This first application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. has been filed for grant of bail.

The applicant has been arrested on 11/05/2021 in connection with Crime No.77/2021 registered by Police Station Jamner, District Guna for offence punishable under Sections 326, 436, 294, 323, 324, 506 and 34 of IPC.

It is submitted by the counsel for the applicant that according to the prosecution case, the applicant had assaulted the injured Mukesh on his head by a Farsi and also set the houses of Komal Singh, Ranglal and Nepal Singh on fire, as a result extensive damage was caused to their belongings. The applicant is in jail from 11/05/2021 i.e. more than 8 months. The Trial is likely to take sufficiently long time and there is no possibility of his absconding or tampering with the prosecution case.

Per contra, the application is vehemently opposed by the counsel for the State. It is submitted that the applicant had not only assaulted complainant Mukesh, but also set the houses of Mukesh, Komal Singh, Ranglal and Nepal Singh on fire causing loss of rupees more than Rs.2,00,000/-, which is evident from the Nuksani Panchnama. Furthermore, the applicant has a criminal hist