Criminal Misc. No. M-34072 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-34072 of 2008 Date of Decision: 4.2.2009 Ramesh Chand …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Balraj Singh Dhull, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S. Mor, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the State. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) While issuing notice of motion, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court passed the following order on 23.12.2008:- “This petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of bail to the petitioner(s) in case FIR No. 362 dated 9.10.2008 lodged for commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 489-B, 489-C IPC with Police Station, Shahbad, District Kurukshetra. The allegations are that Pala Ram, complainant, had sold his buffalo to the petitioner for a sum of Rs.14,000/-/. Out of Rs.14,000/-, however, Criminal Misc. No. M-34072 of 2008 2 currency notes, worth Rs.11,000/- were fake. Initially, the accused could not be traced. The matter was reported to the police on 9.10.2008 and fake currency notes were handed over to the police by the complainant. The petitioner was arrested on 10.10.2008. During investigation, 10 fake currency notes of denomination of Rs.100/- each totaling Rs.1,000/- were recovered from the house of the petitioner. In investigation, it has also been revealed that the petitioner was a dealer in the sale and purchase of buffalos. On 29.9.2008, he had sold his own buffalo in a cattle fair organized in Jalalabad, District Mujjafarnagar (U.P.). It was there that fake currency notes were given to the petitioner. The petitioner, however, could not identify any person who had given the fake currency to the petitioner in Jalalabad (U.P.). Learned counsel contends that there is no involvement in any other such or similar case. The petitioner is an illiterate person aged about 53 years. Notice of motion for 4.2.2009”. Counsel for the State has nothing else to say except that petitioner has not disclosed the source from which fake currency was received by the petitioner. Trial will take long time to conclude. Further detention of the petitioner is not warranted. Hence, the present petition is accepted and Criminal Misc. No. M-34072 of 2008 3 the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kurukshetra. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge February 4, 2009 “DK”