In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-13134 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:14.5.2010 Baljinder Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Sukhbir Singh, who is arrayed as respondent No.2, in fact, has got nothing to do with the present case as the complainant is Kulwant Singh. It is stated that the said name has been incorporated due to typographical mistake, otherwise he was not to be arrayed as respondent. It is submitted that the name of respondent No.2 may be deleted from the array of parties. Ordered accordingly. Heard learned counsel for the parties. In the FIR, it has been alleged that on the roll number of the petitioner-Baljinder Singh one Gurwinder Singh son of Salwinder Singh had appeared in the Matriculation Board examination on 22.3.2010. The said Gurwinder Singh had impersonated himself as Baljinder Singh. The FIR in the case has been registered on the complaint made by Kulwant Singh, who was working as Teacher in Government Primary Cr. Misc. No.M-13134 of 2010 [2] School, Makowal. The 10th class examination of Hindi paper was conducted on 23.2.2010 and the complainant-Kulwant Singh was Superintendent of the examination at Guru Nanak Senior Secondary School, Makowal. There were other staff members also on duty with him. During examination it was found that some other students/candidates were appearing in the examination in place of the actual candidates. There are allegations of impersonation by others in place of the actual candidates. As already noticed Gurwinder Singh had impersonated in place of the petitioner. Two other candidates, namely, Sumit Thukral and Amrik Singh had filed petitions for grant of pre-arrest bail which were dismissed vide order dated 28.4.2010. Accordingly, the criminal miscellaneous petition is dismissed. However, in case the petitioner surrenders before the Police within three days from the receipt of certified copy of this order, his application for regular bail shall be considered by the Court concerned as expeditiously as possible and preferably on the next working day from the date it is filed in the Court provided an advance copy of the application for bail is given to the Public Prosecutor. May 14, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*