IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Cr.Misc. NO. M 1965 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION 22.4.2009 Satinderjit Singh ......PETITIONER VERSUS State of Punjab ......RESPONDENTS PRESENT: Mr. Baljinder Singh, Advocate Mr. PS Sidhu,Addl.A.G. Punjab M.M.S.BEDI,J. The petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered on the basis of the information given by Manjit Singh to Inspector Dilbagh Singh that theft of a truck full of rice had taken place. During the course of investigation, Manjit Singh was arrested. He made a disclosure that on 24.11.2008 he along with Kabul Singh loaded 20 tonnes of basmati rice in a truck, driven by Kabul Singh. The said truck was unloaded in the presence of Sarpanch Santokh Singh and the contents of the truck were distributed amongst Kabul Singh, Kamal and the petitioner. It will be a debatable point during trial whether the petitioner could be indicted on the basis of statement of the co-accused made before the police. The petitioner has joined the investigation. Recovery has already been made. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and it is ordered that in case of arrest of the petitioner, he will be admitted to bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer subject to the condition that he will appear before the investigating officer as and when required by the police and will not tamper with evidence or hamper the investigation at any stage. The petitioner will be required to furnish fresh bail bonds to the satisfaction of the court of competent jurisdiction at the time of presentation of challan. April 22 ,2009 ( M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE