IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-3613 of 2010 Date of decision : May 26, 2010 Jaspal Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Manish Kapila, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Vivek Chauhan, AAG, Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Jaspal Singh petitioner has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 65 dated 13.10.2005, under sections 7,12,13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Amritsar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner is a Constable in Punjab Police. The case was registered by State Vigilance Bureau on information that police officials were taking illegal gratification from owners/drivers of private vehicles by harassing them even if they had all the documents of the vehicles. During investigation, name of the petitioner also cropped up for indulging in the aforesaid malpractice. Earlier bail petition of the petitioner was dismissed vide order dated 9.10.2009, Annexure P/8 primarily on the ground that he had been Criminal Misc. No. M-3613 of 2010 -2- declared proclaimed offender and in spite thereof, he had been attending his duty. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that now the petitioner is in custody since 17.4.2009 i.e. for more than one year and one month and all other co-accused of the petitioner are on bail. Keeping in view the aforesaid but without commenting anything on merits, the instant bail petition is allowed because the petitioner has already suffered incarceration for one year and one month for having remained absconder earlier. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Amritsar. ( L.N. Mittal ) May 26, 2010 Judge 'dalbir'