Ram Singh v. State Of Punjab

-1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: January 16, 2015 Ram Singh .....Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NARESH KUMAR SANGHI

Present:

Mr.Dharampal, Advocate for Mr.H.K.Barinda, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr.Shilesh Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab.

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Naresh Kumar Sanghi, J.(Oral) Prayer in this petition, filed under Section 439, Cr.P.C., is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, Ram Singh, who has been booked for having committed the offences punishable under Sections 120B and 420, IPC, in a case arising out of FIR No.92, dated 18.06.2013, registered at Police Station, City Rupnagar, District Rupnagar.

Learned counsel contends that the present criminal litigation has arisen out of breach of an agreement to sell; as per

-2the case of the complainant the petitioner had charged `6,00,000/- at the time of executing the agreement to sell the land but later he backed out from the agreement and did not execute the sale deed; the similar situate co-accused has already been granted the concession of bail; the petitioner is behind the bars from 10.11.2014 and after completion of the investigation the charge-sheet has been filed, therefore, further incarceration of the petitioner in the present case is not of worth. He further points out that the offences for which the petitioner has been charged are triable by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class. It has also been submitted that the petitioner is neither required nor involved in any other case.

Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from HC Jaswinder Singh of Police Station, City, Rupnagar, has not controverted the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and going through the facts and circumstances of the case, the present petition is allowed. Petitioner-Ram Singh son of Pakhar Singh, resident of village Sarsa Nangal, Tehsil and District Ropar, is ordered to be released on bail during pendency of the trial of

-3the present case subject to his furnishing bail bond to the satisfaction of the trial Court.

January 16, 2015 (NARESH KUMAR SANGHI) meenu JUDGE