IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:13.01.2025 (cid:1)

Kulwinder Singh ... Petitioner Versus(cid:1)

State of Punjab ... Respondent(cid:1)

CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Present: Mr. Tejinder Pal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Rana, Sr. DAG, Punjab.

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MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner is seeking the concession of bail under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in case FIR No.41 dated 22.07.2023 under Sections 420, 409, 120-B IPC & Section 13 (1)(A), 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Amendment Act, 2018 registered at Police Station Sadar Morinda, District Rupnagar.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was merely working as Secretary-cum-Salesman with the Cooperative Society (Agriculture) of Village Oind and it is highly improbable that he would have been in a position to withdraw and thereafter misappropriate an amount of Rs.70 lakhs, which had been deposited by the members of the Society. He has further contended that the investigation qua the petitioner is complete, as challan stands presented. The entire case of the prosecution hinges on