Criminal Misc. No. M-18935 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-18935 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 22.10.2009 Aman Dua .. Petitioner v. State of Haryana .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. N. K. Sanghi and Mr. V. K. Sachdeva, Advocates for the petitioner. Ms. Ritu Punj, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, who is accused in FIR No. 28 dated 18.1.2008, registered under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station, Jhajjar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. He was one of the three employees working in the rural Branch of the Bank. He was not the sole authority for making all the transactions in the Branch, as it was the Branch Manager, who was the person incharge and responsible. In spite of the fact that charges were framed on 21.1.2009, till date not even a single prosecution witness has been examined. There are more than 60 witnesses and the trial will take long time to conclude and in case the petitioner remains in custody, he may undergo the entire sentence even during the pendency of trial. Learned counsel for the State submitted that considering the seriousness of allegations against the petitioner, he does not deserve the concession of bail, as he had misappropriated the money belonging to the poor villagers by not entering the same in the books of accounts of the bank after receiving from the depositors. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I find this to be a fit case for grant of bail pending trial, considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 27.8.2008 and not even a single prosecution witness has been Criminal Misc. No. M-18935 of 2009 [2] examined till date. On this account, the petitioner cannot be made to suffer indefinitely. Accordingly, it is directed that the petitioner shall be released on bail pending trial on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Jhajjar. The petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 22.10.2009 mk