IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-11592 of 2009 Date of decision : 15.07.2009 Joginder ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Rakesh Dhiman, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr. DAG Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 436 dated 11.12.2008 registered against him under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B/109 IPC at police station Shahabad, District Kurukshetra. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 29.03.2009. According to the counsel, petitioner is only serving in the office of property dealer and has no direct role to play in the crime. Counsel further submits that co-accused of the petitioner i.e. Naresh Kumar had already been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 01.04.2009 in Crl. Misc. No. M-4241 of 2009. Learned counsel for the State has however, opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered by him, I Crl. Misc No. M-11592 of 2009 -2- am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be released on bail especially when the co-accused of the petitioner had already been granted the similar relief. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kurukshetra. 15.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE