IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-21950 of 2009 Date of decision : September 16, 2009 Harpreet Singh alias Harbir Singh alias Babu ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. HS Batth, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Harpreet Singh alias Harbir Singh alias Babu has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 89 dated 12.9.2006 under sections 459, 382 IPC, Police Station Khalra, District Tarn Taran. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner was earlier on bail but absented from the trial court on 7.8.2008 and did not appear despite service through bailable warrants. However, the petitioner is now in custody since 9.4.2009 i.e. for more than five months. The case is triable by Magistrate. Keeping in view all the circumstances but without meaning to comment anything on merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Tarn Taran. ( L.N. Mittal ) September 16, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'