Criminal Misc. No. M-37194 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-37194 of 2010 Date of decision : 13.01.2011 Sukhchain Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. DPS Kahlon, with Mr. Ishar Singh, Advocates for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 320 dated 24.09.1998 under Sections 419, 420, 205 & 379 IPC at Police Station Division No. 5, District Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been in custody for more than 08 months now. He submits that petitioner is ready to furnish heavy local surety and an undertaking that he shall appear before the trial court on each and every date of hearing in future. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. He, however, submits that in case petitioner is to be enlarged on bail, the same should be subject to stringent conditions as the petitioner remained absconded for five years. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-37194 of 2010 2 In view of the fact that petitioner has been in custody for more than 08 months now and the case is triable by Magistrate, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana. This, however, will be subject to his furnishing an undertaking aforesaid and local surety in order to ensure that petitioner does not escape from the process of law. Trial court may also specify and/or any other condition(s) in the undertaking to be furnished by the petitioner. January 13, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE