Crl. Misc. No.M-28742 of 2010 ::1:: IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-28742 of 2010 Date of decision: 08.10.2010 Manoj Kandpal .. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab. .. Respondent Present:- Mr.R.S. Chahar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Rupinder Kaur Nihalsinghwala, Addl. A.G., Punjab. * * * * S.S. SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him on 28.02.2010 for the offences under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 465, 471, 474 IPC at Police Station Kotwali, Bathinda. The FIR in the case has been registered on the complaint of Sakuntla Devi, Proprietor, M/s Bhagwati Lubricants, Bathinda. It is alleged that the petitioner-Manoj Kandpal was Sales Executive of Chevron Lubricants Private Limited and he remained so upto 31.03.2009. He represented to the complainant that he would be getting Rs.1 lac transferred from his account in Lucknow to the ICICI Bank Bathinda of the complainant. It was submitted that the petitioner may withdraw the amount from the account as per his requirements. An amount of Rs.1 lac was transfered to the account of complainant on 10.07.2008 which was shown in the accounts books in the name of the petitioner. The petitioner got account payee cheque issued in his favour from the complainant for an amount of Rs.48,000/- which were got encashed by the petitioner on the very same date it was issued. The amounts were filled in the cheques by Crl. Misc. No.M-28742 of 2010 ::2:: the petitioner in his own hand writing. After issuing the cheques the complainant came to know that the amount of Rs.1 lac was transferred in the account of the complainant on 10.07.2008 from the account of Rajesh Kandpal (brother of the petitioner). The complainant, therefore, moved an application for stopping the payment. He got issued other cheques for Rs.11,000/- & Rs.40,000/-. According to the complainant, the cheque which was given for Rs.11,000/- has been tempered with by adding the word 'One' before Eleven Thousand and also putting the figure '1' before 11,000/-. Learned counsel for the State, however, submits that the petitioner issued a legal notice for payment of Rs.1,11,000/-, which clearly shows that he had not put figure '1' before Rs.11,000/- in words as well as in figure. This, in any case, cannot be ignored. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The prosecution is to establish its case by leading evidence. The custody of the petitioner is not required for the purposes of investigation. In this facts and circumstances, the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of learned trial Court, Bathinda, shall be admitted to bail. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE October 08, 2010 sukhpreet