IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-24873 of 2008 Date of Decision: October 01, 2008 Parveen Kumar Arora @ Tony .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Dr. G.K.S. Tank, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.145 dated 29.7.2008 lodged for offences under Section(s) 419, 420 IPC and Section(s) 8/9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, with Police Station, City-I, Moga. Allegations against the petitioner are that he presented himself as personal assistant of Shri Charanjit Singh Atwal and projected that Jathedar Tota Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police are known to him. He extracted a cheque of Rs.1,50,000/- from the wife of the complainant. He also took Rs.50,000/- from the complainant on pretext that he would get work of Crl. Misc. No. M-24873 of 2008 [2] the complainant done. Subsequently, it transpired that the petitioner was not in any position to get the work done. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the complainant himself is a literate person and is expected to know that Shri Charanjit Singh Atwal was not a minister at that point in time. It has also been contended that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. Considering the scope of grant of bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C., I find that the allegations against the petitioner are of serious nature. Only custodial interrogation would extract the correct and complete facts. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) October 01, 2008 JUDGE avin