IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-8837 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: March 23, 2011 Lakhwinder Singh alias Lucky …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Sushil Saini, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under section 420 IPC and section 7/13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 vide FIR No.20 dated 24.2.2011 at police station Sri Hargobindpur, District Gurdaspur. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case due to some personal enmity, there is a delay of 4 years in lodging the FIR and thus, the petitioner is entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The FIR was lodged by one Mohinder Singh. He stated therein that petitioner-Lakhwinder Singh @ Lucky, who was posted as Head Constable had taken Rs.3 lacs from him with the promise that he would get him acquitted in a Crl.Misc.No.M-8837 of 2011 - 2 - case registered against him under section 304-B IPC vide FIR No.41 of 2006 at police station Sri Hargobindpur. The complainant later on came to know that the amount of Rs.3 lacs which was taken by the petitioner had been kept by him thereby committed a fraud with the complainant. In view of nature of allegations levelled in the FIR, I am of the considered view that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is necessary for taking the investigation to its logical end. The petition is devoid of merit and hereby dismissed. March 23, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2