Criminal Misc.-M No. 30192 of 2011 (1) IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 30192 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 28.11.2011 Jasbir Singh ... Petitioner vs State of Punjab ... Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Ms. Gursharan Kaur Mann, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. B. B. S. Teji, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal, J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is accused in FIR No. 107 dated 6.8.2009, registered under Sections 420, 120-B IPC at Police Station Ajnala, District Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and subsequently he was declared a proclaimed offender. He is serving Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat of village Bhoewall, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar. He was never associated with the enquiry. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submitted that the petitioner is in knowledge of the FIR in question since 28.7.2010 when he filed pre-arrest bail application before the learned court below, which was dismissed on 10.8.2010. The present petition has been filed in this court on 1.10.2011. Considering the specific allegations against the petitioner, he does not deserve concession of pre-arrest bail. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the petitioner though claimed that he was not in the knowledge of the case registered against him as he was not associated in the enquiry, but still from 28.7.2010, he cannot deny knowledge of the FIR registered against him, the date on which he filed anticipatory bail application before Criminal Misc.-M No. 30192 of 2011 (2) the learned court below, which was dismissed on 10.8.2011, even thereafter the petitioner neither joined the investigation nor approached this court for grant of pre-arrest bail, rather had been evading arrest throughout, despite the fact that he is a serving Sarpanch of the village, in my opinion, the petitioner does not deserve the concession of pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. 28.11.2011 ( Rajesh Bindal ) vs Judge