In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-6496 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:24.3.2009 Sanjeev Kumar .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ajay Singh Ghangas, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent-State. ...... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him on 26.7.2008 for the offences under Sections 498-A, 406 and 506 IPC. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Smt. Parveen, who is wife of the petitioner. It has been alleged that the petitioner besides the in-laws of the complainant had been harassing her in connection with demand for dowry. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the allegations as made in the FIR are absolutely false and general in nature and no offence can be said to be made out against the petitioner. In response, learned counsel for the State has submitted that the FIR is dated 26.7.2008, however, the petitioner could not be arrested and he was later arrested from Mumbai on 16.1.2009. Therefore, in case the petitioner is granted the concession of bail, there are chances that he may Cr. Misc. No.M-6496 of 2009 [2] abscond. After giving my thoughtful consideration to the contentions of the learned counsel for the parties, it may be noticed that the investigation in the case is complete. The recovery has also been effected. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The petitioner is in custody since 16.1.2009. The petitioner is otherwise a resident of Village Pai, Police Station Pundry, District Kaithal. Therefore, he could be released on bail by asking him to furnish heavy sureties. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed and the petitioner on his furnishing personal bonds and at least two heavy sureties; one of them from his Village Pai, Police Station Pundry, District Kaithal to the satisfaction of learned trial Magistrate shall be admitted to bail. The petitioner shall not leave the country without the prior permission of the Court and he shall surrender his passport, if any, before the learned trial Court. The petitioner shall also inform the trial Court of the address to which he goes outside the State of Haryana. March 24, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*