Cr.Misc. NO. M 7206 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Cr.Misc. NO. M 7206 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION 17.4.2009 Sant Kumar ......PETITIONER VERSUS U.T.Chandigarh. ......RESPONDENTS PRESENT: Mr. P.S. Hundal,Sr.Advocate with Mr.Dinesh Trehan, Advocate Mr.Tejinder Joshi for complainant. None for UT M.M.S.BEDI,J. The petitioner seeks the concession of regular bail in a case registered at the instance of Sarwar Khan and other borrowers alleging that the petitioner along with his other family members and associates had been indulging in the illegal business of money lending and has been able to defraud and cheating a number of poor persons by misusing the blank documents. Without expression of any opinion on merits of the case, it is sufficient to observe that the petitioner is an old man of 68 years and that he has been in custody for the last more than two months. The recoveries have already been effected. At the time of the arrest of the petitioner, police remand had been granted by the court concerned. No useful purpose will be served by keeping in the petitioner in custody during the entire period of trial. Learned counsel for the complainant has opposed the petition on the ground that there are chances of petitioner fleeing from the process of the court. He has requested that a direction be given that the petitioner Cr.Misc. NO. M 7206 of 2009 2 would surrender his passport. Learned counsel for the petitioner on the instructions of the petitioner's son has submitted that the petitioner will surrender his passport before the court concerned and that he will not leave India without the permission of the court. The petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of CJM, Chandigarh. April 17 ,2009 ( M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE