CRM No. M- 5639 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. CRM No. M- 5639 of 2009 Decided on:- 11.05.2009 Sanjay Kumar and others ……Petitioners Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. C. Puri Present Mr. H. S. Grewal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. APS Mann, Sr. DAG, Punjab. K. C. Puri, J.(Oral ) Petitioners Sanjay Kumar, Sagar and Deepak Kumar have applied for grant of bail in case FIR No. 9 dated 24.1.2009, under Sections 420,120-B IPC, registered at Police Station City Hoshiarpur, District Hoshiarpur. As per allegations of the prosecution, Complainant Darshan Singh was travailing in a bus from Jalandhar to Hoshiarpur. Two passengers claiming themselves to be the residents of Delhi were sitting alongwith the complainant. They intended the complainant to give them currency notes of Rs.1,00,000/- for which they will give him Rs.5,00,000/- in fake currency. In order to win the confidence of the complainant, aforesaid person gave 10 notes of denomination of Rs.100/-each telling them that these were fake notes. An ambush was laid down at the spot. After sometime one Indica car, registration number not known, came at the spot out of which three persons came out. They were having one bag with them. They went towards the choe, where Darshan Singh met them. Darshan Singh handed over his bag containing currency notes of Rs.1,00,000/-. The two other persons handed over their bag to Darshan Singh complainant. As the three persons tried to leave, the police party encircled them. The person who was carrying the currency notes of Rs.1,00,000/- given by the complainant managed to flee. The other two persons were apprehended at the spot whose name were found to be Sanjay and Sagar. On 25.1.2009, on secret information, naka was held at village Mandiala, Jalandhar Road, where CRM No. M- 5639 of 2009 2 Indica car was seen going towards Jalandhar which was stopped. The registration number of the car was DL-4CJ-5465. The person driving the car was Deepak Kumar, who confessed being one of the members of the gang indulging in fake currency. Learned State counsel on instructions from ASI Avtar Singh has stated at bar that from Sanjay Kumar, five currency notes of the same series which were given to the complainant were recovered and during investigation, a call/conversation between complainant and Sanjay on the date of ambush i.e on 24.1.2009 was found. It is further alleged that Sanjay pass over currency notes valuing Rs.5,00,000/- out of which one on the top of each of bundle was genuine whereas others were children's currency notes. Those original currency notes were of the same series which was given to the complainant on the first day while traveling in the bus. The gravity of offence does not make out a case for grant of bail, at this stage. Therefore, the petition stands dismissed. May 11, 2009 ( K.C. Puri ) Mamta Judge