IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-8194 of 2008 (O&M) Date of Decision:16.05.2008 Surinder Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Bipan Ghai, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Gehlawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.S.Pannu, AAG, Punjab. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegations in the FIR are that some unknown persons had committed murder of Sham Lal, husband of the complainant during night time as he was working as Security Guard with M-way Company at Jallandhar. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. His arrest was on the basis of extra judicial confession before Gurdev Singh on 2.12.2007. A car without number-plate was found at the spot. The suspicion is that the owner thereof has committed the murder with intention to commit dacoity. His owner was found to be Major Singh. He was also arrested on 3.12.2007 along with the petitioner. Except this, there is no material as yet collected by the prosecution during the investigation linking the petitioner with the crime. The petitioner is carrying on business of interior decoration at Patiala. The challan has already been presented. Be that as it may, without opining on the merits of the controversy, pending trial, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jallandhar. The petition is disposed of. May 16, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE