IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-3416 of 2011 Date of decision: March 09, 2011. Pritpal Singh ...Petitioner v. State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri Parminder Singh Grewal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri N.K. Sanghi, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): Present petition has been filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the grant of regular bail in case FIR No.213 dated 5.9.2009 registered at Police Station Division No.5, Ludhiana, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC. Counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon the order dated August 12, 2010 passed by a Coordinate Bench in Crl. Misc. No.M- 22913 of 2010, which reads as under:- “Heard. Petitioner, Ravinder Pal Singh has filed this petition under Section 439(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in FIR No.213 dated 5.9.2009 registered at Police Station Division No.5, Ludhiana, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC. Notice of motion. Mr. N.K. Sanghi, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of Advocate General, Punjab. The petitioner is coming in custody since 24.4.2010. Though the challan against him has already been presented in the court, as disclosed by the State counsel, yet conclusion of the trial will Crl. Misc. No.M-3416 of 2011 -2- take long time. The case is based upon the documents and most of the prosecution witnesses are Government officials and as such there is no possibility of winning over all those witnesses by the petitioner. Keeping in view all these facts, he is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial court subject to the following conditions:- (i) He shall not offer any threat, promoe or inducement to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to disuade him from disclosing the same to the Investigating Officer/Court; and (ii) He shall not leave the limits of this country without prir permission of the Court. Petition is disposed of accordingly.” Counsel for the petitioner further submits that another co-accused Parmod Kumar Bhalla and Shambhu Nath have been granted regular bail by another Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated November 10, 2010 passed in Crl. Misc. No.M-26360 of 2010 and Crl. Misc. No.M-27686 of 2010. Shri N.K. Sanghi, Counsel for the State, has stated that case of the petitioner is not different from the cases of other co-accused, namely, Ravinder Pal Singh, Parmod Kumar Bhalla and Shambhu Nath. Petitioner is stated to be in custody since June 2010. Since the other similarly situated co-accused of the petitioner have been granted bail, the present petition is accepted and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] March 09, 2011. Judge kadyan