Crl.M.No.29338-M of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.29338-M of 2010 Date of Order: 7.10.2010 Kuljit Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Hardeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer under Section 439 Cr.P.C is for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.331 dated 14.9.2010 under Sections 406/420/467/468/471/120- B IPC, P.S Tripuri Town, District Patiala. It is submitted that the petitioner was only a marginal witness to the agreement to sell dated 4.1.2010 entered between the accused Kahla Singh and the complainant Hardeep Singh. At some later stage, said accused Kahla Singh was found to have used forged jamabandi to conceal that there was stay operating against the sale of the land in dispute in the earlier litigation filed by the purchaser of the same land. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is neither the beneficiary nor the signatory to the agreement. He was merely a marginal witness of the transaction and as such no offence is made out against him. He further submits that the petitioner is in custody since 14.9.2010 and that his marriage is stated to be fixed on 10.10.2010. Crl.M.No.29338-M of 2010 #2# Learned state counsel, on instructions from ASI Kohar Singh, does not dispute the fact of the marriage of the petitioner. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case and keeping in view of the fact of marriage of the petitioner and that the trial is not likely to conclude in near future, I find that no useful purpose would be served to keep the petitioner in custody any longer. Accordingly, petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patiala. October 07, 2010 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE