In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-25048 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:27.8.2010 Harnek Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh Cheema, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him on 25.6.2010 for the offences under Sections 366 and 376 IPC. The FIR in the case has been lodged on the complaint of Jugraj Singh, who has alleged that the petitioner and his co-accused Satish Kumar alias Kaka had abducted his wife aged 32 years. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner there is a delay of 15 hours in lodging the FIR; besides, wife of the complainant had gone on her own with Satish Kumar alias Kaka. A reference has been made to the letter (Annexure-P.1) stated to have been written by the wife of the complainant to Satish Kumar alias Kaka. It is submitted that the petitioner has been named as an accused as he was driving the motorcycle so as to make out a case of abduction, otherwise, he has nothing to do with the case. After giving my thoughtful consideration to the matter, I find no merit in the same. A perusal of the order dated 18.8.2010 passed by the Cr. Misc. No.M-25048 of 2010 [2] learned Sessions Judge, Mansa shows that while declining bail it has been observed that initially the case was registered under Section 366 IPC. The wife of the complainant was recovered and she imputed allegations of rape against Satish Kumar and also stated that accused Harnek Singh (petitioner) assisted Satish Kumar in the commission of crime. The allegations against the petitioner are that he along with Satish Kumar had abducted the wife of the complainant from her house. The question whether letter (Annexure- P.1) was written by the wife of the complainant to Satish Kumar is to be considered and gone into by the investigating authorities or the trial Court as the case may be. There is nothing to show that the letter (Annexure-P.1) is addressed to Satish Kumar alias Kaka. In the circumstances, no ground for grant of pre-arrest bail is made out. The criminal miscellaneous petition is dismissed. August 27, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*