Crl. Misc. No. M-16669 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-16669 of 2011 Date of Decision: November 4, 2011 Manpreet Singh @ Sonu @ Katcha Peela …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.Malkeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Kirat Singh Sidhu, DAG, Punjab. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the concession of regular bail in a case of murder of Dilbagh Singh on August 2, 2008. The petitioner was arrested in a case FIR No. 374 dated August 24, 2010 under Sections 399, 402, 379 IPC read with Section 25 of the Arms Act by police of Police Station, Civil Lines, Amritsar, alongwith others while planning to commit robberies in the area of Amritsar. Crl. Misc. No. M-16669 of 2011 [2] The petitioner was arrested in the present FIR on the basis of the statement of two PWs i.e. Inderjit Singh son of deceased Dilbagh Singh and Balwant Singh S/o Surjit Singh recorded on August 16, 2010 to the effect that the said PWs heard petitioner talking to his co-accused having committed the murder of Dilbagh Singh and another Surjit Singh without any reason and having not got any benefit out of the said murder. It is an admitted fact that Inderjit Singh has appeared in the Court and resiled from his statement. In view of the circumstance that the petitioner has been involved in a case of 2008 on the basis of statement of Inderjit Singh and Balwant Singh recorded on August 16, 2010, after a period of about two years of the occurrence and Inderjit Singh PW having turned hostile, the petitioner can be granted the concession of bail. Petition is allowed. Petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds/ surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. November 4, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE