Crl.M.No.34646-M of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.34646-M of 2010 Date of Order: 20.12.2010 Gurmail Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. S.P.S Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer under Section 439 Cr.P.C is for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.64 dated 26.6.2010 under Sections 420/406/120-B IPC, P.S Cantt Ferozepur, District Ferozepur. As per allegations in the FIR lodged by Sukhdev Singh, petitioner along with his co-accused father-Bakhtaur Singh and son- Rachhpal Singh (nephew of the complainant) have misutilised the sums he sent from America for buying properties in his name. It is alleged that an amount of Rs.1.52 crores has been returned whereas remaining sum of Rs.30 lacs has been misappropriated. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case as he has not misappropriated any money of the complainant. It is further stated that co-accused Bakhtaur Singh has since been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 18.10.2010. Learned state counsel, on instructions from ASI Tara Singh, Crl.M.No.34646-M of 2010 #2# concedes that co-accused Bakhtaur Singh has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 18.10.2010 and further that challan in the present case has been presented. Without commenting upon merit of the case and taking into account that investigations are over and challan has been presented besides the fact that the trial is likely to take sufficient time to conclude, I find that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner in custody any longer. Accordingly, petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ferozepur. December 20, 2010 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE