IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-6922 of 2008 (O&M) Date of Decision:01.04.2008 Jaswinder Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Deepak Sabherwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he had purchased the trolley in question from Inderjit Singh and Satnam Singh on 3.2.2008 for a sum of Rs. 70,000/- out of which Rs. 30,000/- had been paid in advance and Rs. 40,000/- were left to be paid. He is resident of Village Khiranwali. After purchase, he was regularly using the trolley for his agricultural purposes. The FIR in question was registered on 12.2.2008 where the initial allegations were that the trolley had been stolen by some unidentified persons. However, later on it came to the notice of the complainant that the trolley had been stolen by the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner is owner of about 50 acres of land in the village. He is bonafide purchaser of the trolley. In fact he has been cheated by Inderjit Singh and Satnam Singh against whom later on the petitioner came to know that several cases of theft had been registered and are pending. Be that as it may, without opining on the merits of the controversy, the present petition is disposed of with the direction that in case of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting/ Investigating Officer. He shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called upon for investigation. He shall also be bound by all the conditions as contained in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. April 01, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE