IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-34264 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : 26.02.2009 Gurwinder Singh @ Rinku ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Surinder Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for grant of regular bail to the petitioner who is an accused in case bearing FIR No. 321 dated 7.11.2008 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC at Police Station Maqsudan Jalandhar. Counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner is in custody since 07.11.2008. According to the counsel investigation has already been completed in this case and trial is likely to take long time to conclude and no useful purpose will be served by keeping the undertrial in custody. Learned counsel for the State, however, opposes the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature and recovery of two computers, four printers, two scanners, one UPS, one hard disc, one mouse, two rubber stamps, nine forged driving licences, three forged identity cards, two statements of HDFC Bank, six blank Punjab School Education Board certificates, one mark of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, ten CDs and other articles Crl. Misc No. M-34264 of 2008 (O&M) -2- were recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Counsel for the State submits that if the petitioner is enlarged on bail then he is likely to tamper with the evidence or influence the witnesses. After considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the considered view that petitioner deserves to be enlarged on bail as the investigation has already been concluded in this case and trial is yet to commence. Since the petitioner is in custody for the last more than 3 months, no useful purpose will be served by keeping the petitioner in custody during the pendency of the trial. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar. 26.02.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE