Criminal Misc. No.M-17363 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-17363 of 2011 Date of Decision : 21st August,2012 Jasvir Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NARESH KUMAR SANGHI Present: Mr.Arshdeep Singh Sivia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Shilesh Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. * * * Naresh Kumar Sanghi, J. Prayer in this petition is for grant of regular bail to Jasvir Singh-petitioner who has been booked for having committed the offence punishable under Section 420, IPC read with Section 34 of the IPC. The FIR in the present case was registered on 05.04.2008 and thereafter, the petitioner was arrested and released on regular bail. However, he absented himself from appearance before the learned trial court on 03.02.2010. Thereafter, he was declared as proclaimed offender and ultimately, he was re-arrested on 23.02.2012 and since then, he is behind the bars. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that for the last six months, the petitioner is behind the bars. He also contends that the trial would take sufficient long time and the petitioner shall not flout the conditions to be imposed in the Criminal Misc. No.M-17363 of 2011 2 event of grant of bail to the petitioner. He also contends that the petitioner is neither involved nor required in any other case. Heard. The petitioner is behind the bars for the last six months. The trial would take sufficient long time in its conclusion. Without commenting on the merits of the case, the present petition is allowed. Petitioner-Jasvir Singh, S/o Gurjant Singh is ordered to be released on bail, during the pendency of trial, subject to his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of learned trial court. August 21, 2012 (Naresh Kumar Sanghi) seema Judge