CRM No. M 32114 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CRM No. M 32114 of 2009 Date of decision: 19.01.2010 Satnam Chand and others ........ Petitioners Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Amit Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. K S Pannu, DAG, Punjab for the respondent -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) Mr. K S Pannu, DAG, Punjab, on instructions from S.I. Nand Lal states that although the petitioners have joined the investigation, they are not co-operating. The application forms filled by the complainant are yet to be recovered. As per the allegations, an announcement was made by them on the loudspeaker from the Gurudwara that the Panchayat has started a new scheme, according to which, the poor inhabitants of the village will be given free constructed house and those persons want to get their constructed their houses can fill the form. After hearing the announcement, the complainant and other poor villagers filled the forms and gave CRM No. M 32114 of 2009 2 Rs.1,000/- towards the form fee. No receipt for the deposit of Rs.1,000/- was given. The petitioners along with others collected a total sum of Rs.1,40,000/-. There was neither any such scheme, nor any house was constructed for them and nor any money was returned by the petitioners to the innocent peoples. No ground for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. The present petition is accordingly dismissed. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge January 19, 2010 mohan