IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-27669 of 2009 Date of decision : October 23, 2009 Kailash Tiwari ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Vishal Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab with Mr. ML Saini, Advocate, for the complainant L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Kailash Tiwari has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 79 dated 26.4.2007 under sections 406, 498-A IPC, Police Station Sahnewal, District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Petitioner is father-in-law of the complainant. Ordinarily bail in such case is granted by trial Magistrate himself. However, the petitioner has been required to approach this Court because the petitioner was declared as proclaimed offender during investigation on 15.3.2008. However, now he is in custody since 12.9.2009 i.e. for six weeks. Trial obviously would take long time. Criminal Misc. No. M-27669 of 2009 -2- In view of the aforesaid but without commenting anything on merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 23, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'