IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-24910 of 2009 Date of decision : October 13, 2009 Arvinder Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. HS Sirohi, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Arvinder Singh has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 74 dated 23.6.2009 under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, Police Station Goraya, District Jalandhar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, forged income certificate came to office of Sub Divisional Magistrate, Phillaur for verification from Visa Office of Australian Embassy. The said certificate was found to be forged one. Taranjit Singh states that he was referred by the petitioner to co-accused Dev Priya Tyagi. During investigation stamps of the office of Sub Divisional Magistrate, Phillaur along with other equipment were recovered from Dev Priya Tyagi. Criminal Misc. No. M-24910 of 2009 -2- Learned State counsel, on instructions from HC Subhash Chander, states that the forged income certificate was prepared by Dev Priya Tyagi. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner had simply referred Taranjit Singh to Dev Priya Tyagi because petitioner himself also sent his two sons abroad through Dev Priya Tyagi. It is contended that the petitioner himself had no role to play in the forgery of the income certificate. As noticed hereinabove, learned State counsel, on instructions, also states that the forged certificate was prepared by Dey Priya Tyagi from whom stamps and other equipment for preparing the same were also recovered. The petitioner is in custody since 25.6.2009 i.e. for more than three months. Trial is likely to take time. The case is triable by Magistrate. In view of the aforesaid but without meaning to express any opinion on the merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Jalandhar. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 13, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'