Criminal Misc. No. M-5611 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-5611 of 2011 Date of Decision: 8.3.2011 Kulwant Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Ranjit Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 59 dated 12.4.2010, registered at Police Station “A” Division, Amritsar, under Sections 279, 337, 338, 427, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has caused an accident due to which the leg of Jagroop Singh, son of the complainant, was amputated and all the offences qua the accident are bailable. He further contends that on the pretext that the driving licence of the petitioner is not genuine one, he is sought to be implicated under Sections 427, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC. He submits that if a driving licence has been issued wrongly, it will not make the petitioner liable for the above said offences. Be that as it may, this Court is of the view that the Criminal Misc. No. M-5611 of 2011 2 Investigating Agency should be given fair opportunity to investigate as to how and wherefrom the petitioner had obtained the driving licence. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he will not press the present petition and the same be dismissed as such. Ordered accordingly. However, learned counsel has made an alternate prayer that regular bail application, if any, filed by the petitioner, before the trial Court, be decided within a specified time. I find merit in the alternate prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. In case, the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court within a period of ten days, from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, his regular bail application shall be decided within a period of two days after the period of his police remand is over. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge March 8, 2011 “DK”