IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-8080 of 2010 Date of decision : 6.4.2010 Surjit Singh …. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …. Respondent Present: Mr. Karanjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. VPS Sidhu, AAG, Punjab **** S.S. SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC. The FIR in the case has been registered on the basis of a complaint made by Ninder Kaur wife of Balwinder Singh. The allegations against the petitioner are that he obtained a loan of Rs.5 lacs from the Punjab Gramin Bank, Amritsar by pledging the land of someone else and showing the same to be his own land, in connivance with the Patwari. Besides, the petitioner is stated to be a witness to two other transactions where loan was obtained by some other persons by showing the land to be that of the loanees whereas it was land of somebody else. Crl. Misc. No. M-8080 of 2010 [2] The trial in the case is likely to take time. The petitioner is in custody since 17.2.2010. The co-accused of the petitioner have been granted the concession of bail by this Court vide order dated 14.5.2009 (Annexure P2). For the reasons recorded in the said order, the petitioner is also entitled to the concession of bail. In the circumstances, the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned trial Magistrate shall be admitted to bail. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE April 6, 2010 amit