Crl. Misc. No. M-16034 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-16034 of 2010 Date of Decision: July 28, 2010 Jasdeep Kaur …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.G.S. Sandhawalia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.P.S. Bajwa, DAG, Punjab. Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocate for the complainant. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks the concession of regular bail in a case registered at the instance of complainant- Harminder Singh alleging that the petitioner alongwith her husband had duped the complainant while he was running a transport company under the name and style of M/s Euro Green Malls Pvt.Ltd.. The petitioner alongwith her husband was also running a Transport company as Directors. The petitioner alongwith her husband has Crl. Misc. No. M-16034 of 2010 [2] allegedly played a fraud with the complainant and misappropriated a sum of about Rs.40 lacs. Counsel for the complainant has intervened to oppose the petition for regular bail on the ground that the petitioner and her husband are accused of having committed similar offence of cheating qua Harmeet Singh also. They had duped him with false compromise to send him abroad. It has also been contended that the petitioner has been involved in a number of criminal proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act as the cheques of complainant have also been misappropriated by the petitioner and her husband. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the complainant and the State counsel, I am of the opinion that the petitioner is a lady. Her husband is already in custody for having been involved in few criminal cases. The petitioner has been in custody for the last more than 8 months. Challan has already been presented. The trial is likely to take a long time. No useful purpose will be served by keeping the petitioner in custody. Petition is allowed. Petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds for a sum of Rs.1 lac with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court subject to additional conditions that she will not leave India without the permission of the court and that she will not commit the similar offence of which she is accused of. July 28, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE Crl. Misc. No. M-16034 of 2010 [3]