IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. 54899-M of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision:25.03.2008 Hans Raj .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. B.P.S.Virk, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the complainant in the present case had married with the petitioner. The allegations made in the FIR are totally false. The petitioner is in custody for the last about 14 months. Though the challan was presented on 27.4.2007 but till date the statement of the prosecutrix has not been recorded and in fact her whereabouts are not known. The other co-accused Slam Khan against whom the allegations were that he had introduced the prosecutrix to the petitioner had already been granted bail by this Court on 15.11.2007 in Criminal Misc. No.44748-M of 2007. Without opining on the merits of the controversy, it is ordered that pending trial, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patiala. The petition is disposed of. March 25, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE