IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-21390 of 2009 Date of decision : August 25, 2009 Ajit Pal Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. SC Sibal, Senior Advocate with Mr. VS Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Ajit Pal Singh has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 402 dated 18.10.2008 under sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, Police Station Phase-1, SAS Nagar, Mohali. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, the complainant- company authorised Jeewan Parkash Khanna to purchase property for the complainant in Punjab. Jeewan Parkash Khanna accordingly entered into memo of understanding dated 25.1.2006 with M/s Anil Kakria and Company for purchasing 110 acres land in villages Durali and Sukhgarh in district Mohali. Anil Kumar and his associates introduced Jeewan Parkash Khanna to Teja Singh and Jaipal Singh who claimed themselves to be the owners of land measuring 22 kanalas 11 marlas and entered into agreement for sale of the said land in favour of the complainant. At the time of Criminal Misc. No. M-21390 of 2009 -2- agreement a sum of Rs 1,70,74,917/- was paid to Teja Singh through cheques and cash and a sum of Rs 68,15,187/- was paid to Jaipal Singh as earnest money. They encashed the cheques by opening accounts in banks. However, later-on it turned out that Teja Singh and Jaipal Singh were not owners of the aforesaid land and copy of jamabandi and voter cards were forged and fictitious documents. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the only allegation against the petitioner is that he introduced Jaipal Singh in bank for opening bank account and therefore, no offence was committed by the petitioner. It is contended that Jaipal Singh was correctly introduced by the petitioner and Jaipal Singh has even been arrested. Learned State counsel on the other hand contended that according to the statement of bank official, the petitioner had also introduced Teja Singh for opening bank account but said Teja Singh is absconding and might be a fictitious person. However, learned State counsel, on instructions from Inspector Gurmit Singh, concedes that there is no document to depict that the petitioner had introduced Teja Singh in the bank for opening his bank account and there is only oral statement of the bank official to this effect. In view of the aforesaid but without meaning to express any opinion on the merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Illaqua Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, SAS Nagar, Mohali. ( L.N. Mittal ) August 25, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'