Crl. Misc. No. M-2315 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-2315 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: February 17, 2010 Sonu ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. KS Dhaliwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. PS Batta, Addl. AG, Haryana. GURDEV SINGH, J. Heard. Petitioner, Sonu son of Ram Chander, has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code for grant of regular bail in FIR No. 379 dated 25.9.2009 registered at Police Station Gannaur, District Sonepat, under Sections 120-B, 379, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC. The name of the petitioner does not figure in the FIR which was registered on the basis of the statement of Pala Ram, Managing Director of V.S.P. Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., regarding theft of six cheques and withdrawal of the money from the bank by means of those cheques after forging the signatures etc. The name of the petitioner surfaced in the investigation for the first time after a disclosure statement was made by the other accused. Thereafter, in pursuance of his disclosure statement, a sum of Rs. 5 lakhs were recovered. There is no allegation of forgery against this petitioner. He is not the main accused. The alleged recovery has already Crl. Misc. No. M-2315 of 2010 2 been effected and according to the State counsel he is no more required for further investigation of the case. Presentation of challan will take some time and conclusion of the trial will also take some time. Keeping in view the above facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. The petitioner shall be admitted to bail to the satisfaction of the Illaqa Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Sonepat. February 17, 2010 (GURDEV SINGH ) prem JUDGE