IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No. M- 10548 if 2010 Date of decision:- 11.5.2010 Surinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. Divjyot S. Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab. RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) The present petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioner for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.8 dated 25.1.2010, under Sections 419,420,467,468 and 471 IPC and under Section 12 of the Passports Act, 1967, registered at Police Station Raja Sansi, District Amritsar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that the case is triable by Magistrate and the petitioner is in custody since 21.1.2010. Further contended that the trial is not likely to be concluded in near future and that the challan has not been filed so far. Further contended that the petitioner was cheated by a travel agent, who has charged Rs.7,00,000/- from him to send him abroad i.e. Canada and handed over to him forged documents and hence, the petitioner was caught at the airport. Learned counsel for the respondent-State has not disputed these facts. There are no allegations on behalf of the State that the petitioner is likely to abscond or that he is likely to dissuade the witnesses from deposing true facts in the Court, if released on bail. Trial is not likely to be heard in near future and the offence is triable Criminal Misc.No. M- 10548 if 2010 -2- by Magistrate. Hence, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the petition filed by the petitioner-Surinder Singh for regular bail is accepted. Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Amritsar. May 11, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) vj JUDGE