Crl. Misc. No. M-22270 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-22270 of 2010 Date of decision : 14.09.2010 Smt. Neeraj Sharma (Confined in Central Jail, Amritsar) ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, D.A.G., Punjab for the respondent-State **** M ehinder S ingh S ullar, J. (Oral) Having lost her right of bail in the Court below, the petitioner Neeraj Sharma has filed the present petition for regular bail in a case registered against her alongwith other co-accused, namely, Paramjit Kumar etc. vide FIR No.253 dated 15.6.2010, on accusation of having committed the offence punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC by the police of Police Station Civil Lines, Amritsar City. 2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, having gone through the record with their valuable help and after bestowal of thoughts over the entire matter, to my mind, the petitioner is entitled to regular bail. 4. It is not a matter of dispute that petitioner is a lady of 50 years of age and she was arrested on 18.06.2010 since then she is in custody and is no longer Crl. Misc. No. M-22270 of 2010 -2- required for any purpose. All the offences alleged against the petitioner are tribal by the Court of Magistrate. 5. Therefore, taking into consideration the totality of the facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as discussed here-in-above, to me, the present petition for regular bail deserves to be accepted. 6. In the light of the aforesaid reasons and without commenting further anything on merits, lest it may prejudice the case of either side during the course of the trial of the case, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on her furnishing bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar or in his absence, Duty Magistrate, Amritsar. 7. The instant petition is disposed of accordingly. (Mehinder Singh Sullar) Judge September 14, 2010 naresh.k