IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 29406-M of 2007 Dated of decision : January 10, 2008 Sikandar .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. L.M.Gulati, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondent. RAJESH BINDAL, J. The prayer made in this petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ( for short “the Code”) is for grant of bail pending trial in FIR No.139 dated June 21, 2005 registered under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC at Police Station Civil Lines, Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has been falsely implicated in the present case as petitioner was in Jail. He further submits that petitioner was wrongly declared as proclaimed offender on July 3, 2006 as he was appearing before the same Court in another FIR against him. The investigation is complete and the challan has already been presented in Court. There cannot be any apprehension of the petitioner's tampering with the evidence. Petitioner is in custody since November 16, 2006. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned State counsel, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant bail to the accused-petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar. The petition is disposed of accordingly. January 10, 2008 (Rajesh Bindal) Pka Judge