IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-1882 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision 10.03.2009 Tilak Raj ......Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRITAM PAL Present: Mr.S.P.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.D.Sachdeva, D.A.G., Punjab, for the respondent-State. ***** PRITAM PAL, J(ORAL): Petitioner has brought this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for seeking regular bail in case F.I.R.No.30 dated 01.03.1989 under Sections 420, 465, 468, 471, 120-B I.P.C., registered at Police Station Sadar Phagwara, Distt. Kapurthala. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that co-accused in this case have already been acquitted by the trial Court. However, petitioner could not be tried alongwith co-accused as he was declared proclaimed offender. Ultimately, petitioner also surrendered before the trial Court on 02.11.2008. Since then he is in custody. Trial is likely to take a long time. In the given facts and circumstances and without commenting on the merits of this case, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kapurthala. Criminal Misc. is disposed of. March 10, 2009 (PRITAM PAL) mamta-II JUDGE