KHUSHAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Prayer in this petition is for granting permission to the petitioner to go abroad, who is facing trial in case FIR No. 235 dated 27.11.2017 (Annexure P-1), registered under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC at Police Station Jamalpur, District Ludhiana, w.e.f. 01.08.2021 till 31.01.2022.

(2.) At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon order dated 03.02.2020 passed in CRM-M-2431-2020 (Annexure P-8) to submit that even on an earlier occasion, the petitioner has been granted permission to travel abroad and after availing the said concession, he has returned back well within the time and has never misused the same. The operative part of the said order reads as under:

(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the amount of Rs. 5 Lacs, which was deposited by the petitioner in compliance with aforesaid order, still stands deposited with the trial Court as the petitioner has not withdrawn the same.