CRM-M-5096 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-5096 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 07.04.2011 Naresh Kumar ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. JBS Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, DAG, Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Present petition is filed seeking regular bail in case FIR No.148 dated 5.9.2010 under Sections 406/420/465/466/467/468/471/120-B of the Indian Penal Code, Police Station Model Town, Hoshiarpur. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that no recovery was ever effected from the petitioner and petitioner has been named by the co-accused in the disclosure statement. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, on the instructions of ASI Akash Pad, who is personally present in the Court, states that petitioner's name was disclosed by the other co- accused Sukhwinder Singh in his disclosure statement. Learned DAG further states that thereafter petitioner has suffered the disclosure CRM-M-5096 of 2011 (O&M) -2- statement and on his disclosure statement motorcycle was recovered from the residence of Amit Singh co-accused. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently argued that neither disclosure statement of co-accused Sukhwinder Singh nor disclosure statement of the petitioner before the police has any evidentiary value; all the offences are triable by the Magistrate and in the present case charge-sheet has already been submitted and trial may take some time. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, I direct that petitioner be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. (Alok Singh) Judge April 07, 2011 R.S.