In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-21251 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:7.1.2010 Sukhjinder Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Jasjit Singh Bedi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V.P.S. Sidhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 409, 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 Indian Penal Code. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Registrar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. According to the complainant, it is alleged that the petitioner who was working as an Attendant in the Girls' Hostel had misappropriated various amounts by withdrawing higher amount and in many cases either by depositing less amount or no amount by forging the vouchers. Besides, when he prepared cheques, he used to keep space in the cheque for addition in the suffix or prefix. After the cheque was signed, he used to tamper the cheque and add the amount either in the beginning or at the end and thereby withdrew Cr. Misc. No.M-21251 of 2009 [2] higher amount. The bank statements were tallied and it transpired that the petitioner had committed embezzlement amounting to Rs.20,43,569/-. The petitioner is in custody since 9.3.2009. The case is triable by a Magistrate of the first Class. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The challan in the case has been filed and charge has been framed on 10.7.2009. In all there are 15 PWs and none has been examined so far. The case is based primarily on documentary evidence which the prosecution is to establish. 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. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. January 7, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*