In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-1069 of 2011 ..... Date of decision:3.3.2011 Hardev Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. H.S. Gharuan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. M.C. Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Hardev Singh (petitioner) is alleged to have embezzled an amount of `7 Lacs from the complainant Davinder Singh on the pretext that the petitioner would send the complainant to France. The documents and papers of the complainant were arranged and when he was about to leave the country, he was arrested by the Police as he was found in possession of forged papers. The co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Kavita Bajaj has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 22.4.2010 passed in Criminal Misc. No.M-9944 of 2010. The petitioner is in custody since 3.12.2010. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The prosecution is to establish and prove its case by leading evidence. The case is triable by Judicial Magistrate of the Ist Class. The charge-report (challan) in the case has been filed on 11.2.2011. The custody of the petitioner is not required Cr. Misc. No.M-1069 of 2011 [2] for any purpose. Therefore, in the facts and circumstances, the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned trial Court shall be admitted to bail. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. March 3, 2011. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*