IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-695 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: March 30, 2011 Islam @ Chottu …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.S.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 364A/384/120B/34 IPC vide FIR No.12 dated 10.1.2010 at police station Civil Lines, Patiala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that two important witnesses in this case have resiled and in view of same the petitioner is entitled to concession of bail. Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI- Kewal Singh who is present in court, submits that a minor son of the complainant was kidnapped. He was first taken to Delhi, then to Lucknow. Various teams of police were formed. They were able to recover the child after great efforts. He submits that sufficient evidence is available with the prosecution including Crl.Misc.No.M-695 of 2011 - 2 - call details showing involvement of the petitioner in the commission of crime. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. The FIR was lodged by one Kaushal Yadav who stated before the police that his 1½ years old son had been kidnapped. He later received a phone call demanding a ransom of Rs.3 lacs. He was threatened that in case he did not pay the said amount, the child would be killed. After the matter was reported to the police, special task force was constituted. It was able to recover the child from Lucknow. It is the stand of the investigating agency that it had to conduct raids at various places including certain forest areas surrounding Lucknow. In view of nature of allegations levelled in the FIR, magnitude of crime and punishment it would entail in case of conviction, I am of the considered view that petitioner is not entitled to concession of bail. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. March 30, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2