Judgment

Mr. Harpreet Singh Brar, J.

This is the first petition filed under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.125 dated 29.06.2023 registered under Sections 381 and 120-B of Indian Penal Code at Police Station City-I, Sangrur.

2. The present case was lodged on the statement made by the complainant on the allegations that the petitioner along with 02 more persons, have committed theft in his medicine shop, situated in front of Civil Hospital. 05/06 persons have been working at that shop and the petitioner was also working there for the last three years. The other accused namely Jashan is the medical representative and used to visit the shop of the complainant. The complainant has a very strong suspicion that the medicine stock in his shop has been stolen by the petitioner and other co-accused in the last one year. On 19.05.2023, when the shop was to be closed, the father of the complainant noticed that the petitioner had separated some of the medicines and at the time of closing of the shop, he immediately went outside from the back gate of the shop. The father of the complainant had sent some of the employees to chase