Criminal Misc. No. M-36889 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-36889 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 02.02.2011 Thakur Singh and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. G.N. Malik, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate for the complainant. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioners vide FIR No. 254 dated 16.11.2010 under Sections 120-B, 465, 467, 468, 471 & 420 IPC at Police Station Sahnewal, District Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioners are bona fide purchasers from one Gurpreet Singh who had a registered power of attorney in its favour. Thus according to him, allegations levelled in the FIR against the petitioners are totally false and they are entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Learned State counsel has, however, vehemently opposed the prayer. He, on instructions from ASI Balbir Singh, who is present in court submits that petitioners have criminal antecedents. According to him, in the Criminal Misc. No. M-36889 of 2010 2 instant case the petitioners produced one other person in place of complainants to whom the property legitimately belonged and got the power of attorney executed in the name of Gurpreet Singh and thereafter got the property transferred in their names. Heard learned counsel for the parties. It is evident that allegations against the petitioners are that they got the property of Kulwant Singh and Amrit Kaur transferred in their names by manipulation and impersonation. In view of nature of allegations, I am of the considered view that petitioners are not entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. The investigating agency is yet to find out who impersonated in place of complainants which resulted in execution of power of attorney in favour of Gurpreet Singh and later transfer of property in the names of the petitioners. Accordingly, there is no merit in the petition and the same is hereby dismissed. February 02, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE