Crl. Misc No. M-17126 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-17126 of 2009 Date of decision : 07.09.2009 Yudhvir Singh @ Karan Cheema ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Ashok Giri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 406/420 IPC and 24 of the Emigration Act at Police Station Morinda, District Ropar vide FIR No. 48 dated 15.04.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 11.04.2009 and the case is triable by the Magistrate. According to the counsel, petitioner was declared a proclaimed offender only due to the reason that he was in custody in another case registered against him in Amritsar. However, petitioner has been released on bail in the said case. Learned counsel for the State has, however, opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against him are serious in nature. He has also submitted that there is another case Crl. Misc No. M-17126 of 2009 2 pending against the petitioner at Amritsar. However, learned State counsel does not dispute the fact that petitioner has been granted the concession of bail in the said case. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and keeping in view the period of incarceration already suffered by him and the fact that the case is triable by the Magistrate, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and he is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar. 07.09.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE