Cr.M.P.(M) No. 1232 of 2010 18.11.2010 Present: Mr. Raman Jamalta, counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Asstt. A.G. for the respondent. Heard and gone through the record. Petitioner is involved in a case of theft of cooking gas cylinders. As per police report and record a gang of thieves of cooking gas cylinders was operative in the area around Engine Ghar. Case was registered in May 2010. Four members of the gang were arrested earlier and have since been released on bail by the concerned Judicial Magistrate. At the instance of those persons, five cylinders were recovered. The present petitioner, however, went underground. Now, he has applied for grant of bail before arrest. Police intends to interrogate him, with regard to several other cylinders, which have been reported stolen, but have not been recovered, so far. In view of the above facts and circumstances, I do not think the petitioner is entitled to bail before arrest. Hence, the petition is dismissed. (Surjit Singh), J. November 18, 2010, (vs)