IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-16376 of 2009 Date of decision : 31.07.2009 Tejbir Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 379/411/420/427 IPC at police station Sadar, Rajpura vide FIR No. 170 dated 09.08.2005. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been in custody for almost eight months by now. According to the counsel, the petitioner did not appear before the trial court due to apprehension that surety furnished at the time of grant of bail would be withdrawn. According to the counsel, the case is triable by the Magistrate and the petitioner is ready to furnish an undertaking that he shall not default in appearance before the trial court on any date in future. Learned counsel for the State has submitted that stringent conditions and heavy surety be imposed on the petitioner in case enlarged on bail. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered by him, I Crl. Misc No. M-16376 of 2009 -2- am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be released on bail. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of trial court. This, however, will be subject to heavy surety and the condition that petitioner will report to the local police station where he is residing twice in a month. This condition will be incorporated by the trial court in its order. 31.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE