Criminal Misc. No. M-19033 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-19033 of 2010 Date of decision : 29.03.2011 Gurvinder Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vikram Chaudhri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. 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 petitioner vide FIR No. 102 dated 05.06.2010 under Section 420 IPC at Police Station Chhehartta, Amritsar. Learned State counsel at the outset seeks permission of this court to place on record reply by way of affidavit of Commissioner of Police, Amritsar city. The prayer is accepted. Affidavit is taken on record. Learned State counsel submits that investigation in this case has already been completed and challan is likely to be presented before the competent court of jurisdiction shortly. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner joined investigation during the proceedings and shall face the trial in case Criminal Misc. No. M-19033 of 2010 2 name of the petitioner figures in the final report submitted by the police. Mr. Chaudhri has emphasized that in the initial version, the complainant had named Danish Immigration as the main accused as well as owner thereof (Onkar Singh). He, however, submits that he shall take all these pleas at the relevant stage before the trial court. In view of the fact that investigation of the case has been completed and stand of the investigating agency is that it is likely to submit its final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. before the competent court of jurisdiction shortly, I am of the considered view that interim order dated July 07, 2010 needs to be made absolute. This, however, will be subject to the provisions as envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Disposed of . March 29, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE