IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M-2613 of 2009 Date of Decision :- 20.2.2009 Avtar Singh Versus State of Punjab Present:- Mr. A.K.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. R.S.Rawat, AAG, Punjab. M.M.S.BEDI. (J) (Oral) The petitioner has been in judicial custody w.e.f. 12.10.2008 in a case registered against him at the instance of Gurdeep Singh, alleging that the petitioner in the capacity as Patwari has in connivance with Raksha Devi and other prepared a false pedigree table of deceased Ram Singh and deprived off the legal heirs of Shakuntla Devi who happened to be the daughter of late Ram Singh. Recoveries have already been effected. Petitioner cannot be kept in custody as a measure of penalty during the entire period of trial. Without expression of any opinion on merits of the case, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana. February 20, 2009 (M.M.S.Bedi) tripti Judge