In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. CRM-M15827 of 2009 Decided on August 18,2009. Manoj Kumar -- Petitioner vs. State of Punjab --Respondent. CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Amit Dhawan,Advocate,for the petitioner Mr.Ranbir Singh Rawat,A.A.G.Punjab. Rakesh Kumar Jain, J: (Oral) The petitioner has applied for anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in case registered vide FIR No.151 dated 10.10.2007 under Section 381 IPC at Police Station, Division No.7,Jalandhar. The FIR has been registered on the statement of Dr.Pritpal Singh, in which he has alleged that on the intervening night of 8/9.9.2007, accused Vikramjit Singh @ Vicky, Annu @ Ramanjit Kaur wife of Vikramjit Singh, Ramesh, Fruit Juice Seller and Ram doing property dealing illegally tres-passed in his clinic by breaking the back door and committed theft of Rs. 12,70,000/-. Accused Vikramjit Singh @ Vicky was working in his clinic. During the investigation, it was found that the present petitioner Manoj Kumar who is employed as Driver with the complainant CRM-M15827 of 2009 -2- was hand-in-glove with Vikramjit Singh @ Vicky in this theft of huge amount. It is pertinent to mention here that before coming to this Court, the petitioner had applied for anticipatory bail before the learned Addl.Sessions Judge, Jalandhar,which was dismissed on 15.5.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner has inter-alia argued that petitioner is not named in the FIR and has joined the investigation in terms of the order dated 4.6.2009 passed by this Court. As against this, learned State Counsel has argued that some of the accused have already been arrested and major amount of stolen money is yet to be recovered. Therefore, custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the magnitude of the offences having been committed by the petitioner and the recovery part, no exceptional circumstances is made out for grant of anticipatory bail. Hence the bail petition is hereby dismissed. Aug 18,2009 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge