Criminal Misc. -M No. 19649 of 2011 (1) IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 19649 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.10.2011 Ranjit Singh .. Petitioner vs State of Punjab .. Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Hamender Goswami, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. P. S. Bajwa, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal, J. Prayer in the petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail in FIR No. 117 dated 4.6.2011 registered under Sections 420 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Sahnewal, District Ludhiana. While issuing notice of motion on 5.7.2011, the following contentions of learned counsel for the petitioner were recorded:- “Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that with regard to agreement dated 29.3.2010, which was entered into between the petitioner and the complainant for sale of bus bearing No. UP-17-C-0511, a civil suit filed by the complainant on 24.4.2010 claiming the agreement to be forged was already pending, when with same set of allegations, present FIR was got registered on 4.6.2011. The civil court is yet to opine as to whether the agreement is forged or genuine. In fact, in terms of the agreement, possession of the bus was given to the petitioner and it was forcibly taken by the complainant on 8.4.2010 for which FIR was got registered by the conductor of the bus on 8.4.2010.” Criminal Misc. -M No. 19649 of 2011 (2) Learned counsel for the State on instructions from ASI Manjit Singh submitted that the petitioner has already joined the investigation and his custodial interrogation is not required. In view of the above, the order dated 5.7.2011, granting interim bail to the petitioner is made absolute. The petition stands disposed of. 19.10.2011 (Rajesh Bindal ) vs Judge