Crl. Misc. No. M-14051 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-14051 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 24.05.2012 Balkar Singh ......Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. P.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab **** RITU BAHRI , J. (Oral) Challenge is to the order 30.03.2012 (P-2) whereby application moved by the petitioner for return of passport and residency card and to grant permission to go abroad to look after his two minors, his business and to file income tax returns etc, has been declined by Additional Sessions Judge, Faridkot. Reference has been made to orders passed by this Court (P-3 to P-5) where in similar circumstances, permission has been granted to go abroad, subject to depositing of two sureties of Rs. 25,00,000/- each to the satisfaction of trial Court. On notice, a reply has been filed by the State today in the Court. As per reply, it has been stated that permission was not granted to Crl. Misc. No. M-14051 of 2011 (O&M) -2- the petitioner as it was presumed that petitioner may not come back India and join the proceedings. The present petition stands allowed and the petitioner is permitted to go abroad for a period of four months i.e w.e.f 15.06.2012 to 15.10.2012, subject to depositing of two sureties of Rs. 25,00,000/- each to the satisfaction of trial Court. 24.05.2012 (RITU BAHRI) G.Arora JUDGE