IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-25595 of 2010 Date of decision : 12.10.2010 Sandeep Kumar …. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ….. Respondent Present : Mr. SPS Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gazi Mohd. Umair, DAG, Punjab. *** S.S. SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him on 14.7.2010 for the offences under Sections 379, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC. The FIR in the case has been registered on the basis of a secret information. It is alleged that the petitioner along with his co-accused indulges in sale of stolen vehicles by preparing forged documents. According to the secret information received by ASI Gurmukh Singh, it was informed that the petitioner was coming from Rupnagar to Nurpur Bedi in a stolen Scorpio vehicle bearing No.HP-45-8307. If a check post was set up, the petitioner could be apprehended and a big gang could be busted. The information was found credible and a check post was set up. Memo was sent to the Police Station for registration of FIR. Thereafter, the recovery of the Scorpio vehicle was effected from the petitioner on 14.7.2010. During investigation, it was found that he had committed theft of Santro Crl. Misc. No. M-25595 of 2010 [2] car which was recovered on 16.7.2010 in pursuance of his disclosure statement. Another Tata Indigo was recovered in pursuance of his disclosure statement. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner himself had produced the car before the Police Station Nurpur Bedi and thereafter it was taken in possession. In fact an application dated 28.6.2010 was submitted by mother of the petitioner namely Smt. Umawati in which she stated that her son (petitioner) had been cheated in the sale of Scorpio car. Inquiry in the said application is being conducted. The petitioner was arrested in the case on 14.7.2010 and since then he is in custody. The investigation in the case is complete. The challan in the case has been filed. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The custody of the petitioner is not required for the purposes of investigation. The prosecution is to establish and prove its case by leading evidence. The case is triable by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class. In the facts and circumstances, the Crl. Misc. petition is allowed and the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the learned trial Magistrate shall be admitted to bail. The petitioner along with one of the sureties to be furnished by him shall file an undertaking to the effect that while on bail, he shall maintain peace and be of good behaviour. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE October 12, 2010 amit