IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4476 of 2008 Date of decision:-08.4.2008. Mandeep Singh ...Petitioner. Versus State of U.T., Chandigarh ...Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. S.S.Grewal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anshuman Dalal, Standing counsel for U.T. Chandigarh. RAJESH BINDAL J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the present case the petitioner is not at fault as he had sent the passport to the German Embassy for getting the visa formalities completed through the courier company which had infact lost the same. The complainant after lodging the FIR had also filed a complaint before the District Consumer Forum, Chandigarh for claiming damages against the petitioner. However, he submits that as an interim measure he is ready to pay a sum of Rs.60,000/- to the complainant on account of expenses incurred by him for paying the registration fee for the Conference which the complainant was to attend and also visa fees etc. However, the same shall be subject to final determination of the amount by the District Consumer Forum, Chandigarh and shall be adjustable therein. It is not disputed that the petitioner has already joined investigation. Be that as it may, without opining on the merits of the Criminal Misc. No. M-4476 of 2008 -2- controversy, the interim bail already granted to the petitioner on March 24, 2008 is made absolute subject to the condition that the petitioner shall pay a sum of Rs.60,000/- to the complainant Dr. Sudhir Kumar Garg, MBBS, MS Ortho ODTM Orthopaedic (UK) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, GMCH Chandigarh within one week from today. It is further made clear that the amount paid, shall be adjustable against the amount determined as compensation payable to the complainant by the District Consumer Forum, Chandigarh. 8th April, 2008. (RAJESH BINDAL) asija JUDGE