IN THE 129 Sunil Kumar State of Haryana CORAM : HON'BLE Present :- Ms. for Mr. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ The Bharatiya Nagarik petitioner in case Sections 420, 467, Sadar Bahadurgarh, 2. The stating that the that the petitioner with respect to a name of one Rajbala. complainant-Annu Rs.14,10,000/- was cheque of Rs.14,10,000/ account and that been forged on THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-48138 Date of decision: VERSUS Haryana HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD Ms. Gagandeep Kaur and Ms. Bhupinder the petitioner. Mr. Paras Talwar, Sr. DAG, Haryana ***** BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) The instant first petition has been filed Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for case bearing FIR No.226 dated 20.11.2024 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar. The aforesaid FIR was registered petitioner herein is the maternal itioner allured the complainant to enter a plot on 30.04.2024. The said plot Rajbala. A sum of Rs.6,00,000/- Annu in cash to the petitioner herein was paid by way of a cheque. Rs.14,10,000/- was encashed by the that the signatures of Rajbala i.e. the agreement to sell. The present PUNJAB & HARYANA CHANDIGARH 48138-2025(O&M) decision: 16.03.2026 ...Petitioner ...Respondent VINOD S. BHARDWAJ Bhupinder Kaur, Advocates Haryana. filed under Section 483 of the grant of regular bail to the 20.11.2024 registered under Code, 1860 at Police Station registered on the statement of Annu maternal uncle of her husband and enter into an agreement to sell plot was portrayed to be in the - was allegedly paid by the herein, while an amount of It was alleged that the said the petitioner herein in his i.e. owner of the said plot had present FIR has been registered SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.16 17:10 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 2 129 CRM-M-48138-2025(O&M) against the petitioner on the allegation of preparing false documents and inducing on the pretext of purchase of property and thereby duping the complainant for a sum of Rs.20,10,000/-. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. There is a delay of nearly 05 months in registration of the present case. The petitioner is in custody since 26.03.2025. The charges in the present case were framed on 02.01.2026. The petitioner has thus undergone an actual custody of 01 year and the evidence is yet to commence. She further contends that the case is triable by the Court of Magistrate. She submits that there are 12 witnesses cited by the prosecution which are yet to be examined and therefore conclusion of trial shall take a long time. It is further submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedents and he is around 51 years of age. 4. Learned State Counsel does not dispute the aforesaid facts. 5. I have heard counsel for the respective parties and have gone through the documents appended alongwith the present petition. 6. Taking into consideration the period of custody already undergone by the petitioner i.e. nearly 01 year in a magisterial trial which is yet to commence and the fact that no evidence has been recorded so far, I deem it appropriate to allow the present petition. 7. The instant petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on regular bail on his furnishing requisite bail bond/surety bond to the satisfaction of the trial Court/Duty Magistrate, concerned. SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.16 17:10 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document 3 129 CRM-M-48138-2025(O&M) 8. It is made clear that the petitioner shall not extend any threat and shall not influence any prosecution witnesses in any manner directly or indirectly. 9. The observation made hereinabove shall not be construed as an expression on the merits of the case and the Trial Court shall decide the case on the basis of available material. 10. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of. 16.03.2026 (VINOD S. BHARDWAJ) Sumit Gusain JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No SUMIT SINGH GUSAIN 2026.03.16 17:10 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document