Crl. Misc. No. M-2597 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-2597 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: February 15, 2010 Harjit Singh .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab ......RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Divya Vishavjeet Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. R.K. Nihalsinghwala, Addl. A.G., Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in case FIR No. 125 dated 14.05.2008 under Sections 406/420/467/468/471/120-B IPC, P.S. Haibowal, District Ludhiana. Learned counsel contends that the petitioner has been in custody for 1 month and 15 days approximately. The petitioner was taken in custody only because he could not produce documents in relation to the vehicle owned by him. Learned counsel for the respondent-State, on instructions from S.I. Jagdish Singh, states that the petitioner could not be arrested at the initial stage in view of the fact that the petitioner had changed the name and has two other alias/names. Crl. Misc. No. M-2597 of 2010 2 Considering the nature of offence; the fact that police remand of the petitioner was not demanded; the petitioner has been in custody for more than 1 month and trial of the case is likely to take considerable time, this petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of CJM, Ludhiana. 15.02.2010 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE