Crl. Misc. No. M-35186 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-35186 of 2011 Date of Decision : December 15, 2011 Darshan Kumar .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Harish Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R. S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Rajender Singla, Advocate for the complainant. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Darshan Kumar has filed this petition for bail in Criminal Complaint Case No.18 dated 04.02.2003, RT No.74 dated 29.05.2007, under Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, instituted by respondent no.2-complainant, pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Mansa. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the Crl. Misc. No. M-35186 of 2011 2 case file. Undisputedly, the petitioner was earlier on bail, but he absented from the trial court on 28.02.2011 and was declared Proclaimed Offender on 02.07.2011 and was arrested on 20.10.2011 and is in custody since then i.e. for about two months. For petitioner's absence from the trial court for about eight months, he has already remained in custody for about two months. It is a private complaint case. Trial is likely to take time. Keeping in view all the circumstances, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate/Trial Magistrate, Mansa. December 15, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE