CRM No.M-29865 of 2010 (O & M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM No.M-29865 of 2010 (O & M) Date of decision : 18.10.2011 Geeta Ram Thakur .........Petitioner Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation, UT, Chandigarh .......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI : Present : Mr. Anil Kumar Kaushik, Advocate, for the petitioner None for the respondent --- M.M.S.Bedi, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks concession of regular bail in a case registered at the instance of Chief Manager, Punjab National Bank, Chandigarh alleging that co-accused of the petitioner, Sandeep Sharma, had procured a loan of ` 2.50 crores from the bank by mortgaging 23 flats of Bishanpura House Building Society Limited, Zirakpur on the basis of allotment letters, no due certificates and a tripartite agreement, executed by the petitioner, who was Secretary of the Society. Without expression of any opinion on merits of the case, it is sufficient to observe that the petitioner has been in custody w.e.f. 15.9.2009. The petitioner, though, has been in custody for the last more than two years, only 27 witnesses, out of 44 witnesses, have been examined. It has been informed that since March 2011, no witness has been produced in the Court. All the co-accused of the petitioner have been granted the concession of bail. The petitioner is entitled to the concession of bail on the principle of parity. The petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing CRM No.M-29865 of 2010 (O & M) -2- bail bond/personal bond for a sum of ` one lakh with one surety of the same amount, to the satisfaction of the trial Court. The petition is disposed of. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE 18.10.2011 akm