In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-7593 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:9.4.2010 Vikas Kumar alias Sonu .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Bhupinder Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy 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 on 2.8.2009 against him for the offences under Sections 379, 411, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC. The petitioner was not initially named in the FIR (Annexure- P.1) that is recorded on the basis of memo sent by ASI Iqbal Singh, CIA Staff, Faridkot. According to the complainant ASI Iqbal Singh, he along with other Police officials was present opposite Bus Stand Faridkot in connection with patrolling. At about 7.00 p.m. a secret information was received that accused other than the petitioner who used to steal cars outside the State were selling the same after preparing forged documents with an intention to cheat. From the said accused various makes of cars could be Cr. Misc. No.M-7593 of 2010 [2] recovered. The petitioner was arrested on 4.9.2009 and from his possession a Maruti Zen car having bogus number; besides, one Honda City car also having a bogus number and one Indica car and other documents and instruments for forging including a laptop were recovered. The co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Romi alias Satish Kumar had been allowed bail. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The petitioner is in custody since 4.9.2009. There were seven persons mentioned in the FIR and the name of the petitioner is not amongst them. The prosecution is to establish its case on the basis of evidence. The case is triable by a Judicial Magistrate of the Ist Class. 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. April 9, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*