CRM No. M-28821 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-28821 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision: 26.05.2009 Abhijit Kumar alias Bittu ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Swaran Sandhir, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. KDS Sidhu, DAG Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J. This is a petition for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in a case bearing FIR No.245 dated 11th October, 2007, registered under Sections 399, 402, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and 25/54/59 of Arms Act at Police Station Sahnewal, District Ludhiana. The allegations in the FIR are that the accused had planned jointly to commit a dacoity on a petrol pump on Ludhiana-Chandigarh road and also in Punjab and Sind Bank in the area of Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and his co-accused Sandeep Singh and Sarabjit Singh have already been enlarged on bail. Learned counsel for the State has, however, opposed the prayer for bail and has submitted that the petitioner is involved in 17 CRM No. M-28821 of 2008 2 other cases, details whereof have been given in reply by way of affidavit of Balraj Singh Gill, DSP, Sahnewal, Ludhiana. According to the counsel, the petitioner is a habitual offender and therefore, not entitled to concession of regular bail. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. The plea of parity raised by the petitioner does not hold any water. It appears that co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Sandeep Singh and Sarabjit Singh were enlarged on bail by the Ilaqa Magistrate under Section 167 (2) Cr.P.C. In the affidavit filed by the State, details of 17 other cases registered against the petitioner has been given. The same reads as under:- “That as per directions issued by this Hon'ble Court, the detail of cases registered against the petitioner is given below:- Sr. FIR No. & date Under Section Police Station 1. 221/2004 224/323/511 IPC Phillaur 2. 286/2005 395 IPC Shahkot 3. 41/2006 186/353 IPC Phillaur 4. 51/2006 324/34/120-B IPC Bilga 5. 53/2007 395 IPC, Goraya 25/54/59 Arms Act 6. 203/2007 279/411/427/506/382/34 Raikot IPC 7. 142/2007 -do- -do- 8. 20/2007 457/380 IPC -do- 9. 68/2007 323/452 IPC -do- 10. 315/2007 399/402 IPC , Sadar, Jalandhar 25/54/59 Arms Act 11. 38/2007 379 IPC Sadar, Ludhiana 12. 129/2007 379/420/467/468 IPC Sahnewal, Ludhiana CRM No. M-28821 of 2008 3 Sr. FIR No. & date Under Section Police Station 13. 245/2007 420/399/402/467/468/ Sahnewal, Ludhiana 471 IPC 14. 143/2007 392/365/506/34 IPC Dakha, Ludhiana 15. 247/2007 382 IPC Bias 16. 5/2008 307/325/341/506/34 IPC Bilga, 17. 37/2008 195/364/376 (g)/450/34 IPC Bilga This is for the kind information of this Hon'ble Court.” In view of the fact that the petitioner is habitual offender, I do not find it a fit case for grant of regular bail to him. Consequently, the present bail petition is dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE May 26, 2009 'rajpal'