IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-26895 of 2009 Date of decision : October 13, 2009 Harpaul Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. APS Deol, Senior Advocate with Mr. Daldeep Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Sidharth Sarup, AAG Haryana L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Harpaul Singh has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 21 dated 30.7.2009 under sections 7/13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Police Station S.V.B. Rohtak. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner is Junior Engineer. He demanded illegal gratification for releasing amount of Rs 48,000/- approximately for the work executed by the construction company. In trap, the petitioner was caught red handed while accepting bribe money of Rs 15,000/-. The petitioner is in custody since 30.7.2009 i.e. for almost two and half months. Trial is likely to take time. Criminal Misc. No. M-26895 of 2009 -2- Without meaning to express any opinion on merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Rohtak. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 13, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'