IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M 4871 of 2011 Date of decision : 03.05.2011 Pritpal Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE K.C.PURI Present: Mr.Kanwaljit Singh, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Puneet Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.R.S.Rai, AAG, Punjab. K.C.Puri, J. The petitioner has applied for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.141 dated 6.9.2009, under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 218 and 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Dera Bassi, SAS Nagar, Mohali. Prior application for regular bail of the petitioner was dismissed vide order dated 6.8.2010 passed by this Court in Crl.Misc.No.M 13799 of 2010. The second application for regular bail of the petitioner was withdrawn by the learned counsel for the petitioner vide order dated 13.12.2010 passed by this Court in Crl.Misc.No.33223 of 2010. This is the third application for regular bail. The allegation in the present case is that Paramjit Singh- complainant has moved a complaint against Inderpal Singh and Charan Kamal Kaur stating therein that a sum of Rs.35 lacs has been taken fraudulently from him on account of agreement to sell dated 30.3.2006, that was executed in favour of Inderpal Singh by producing fake persons. Paramjit Singh, complainant appeared in the Court on 7.4.2011 and has stated that matter has been compromised between the parties and he has been paid Rs.10 lacs in cash and Rs.12 lacs in the form of cheques by the petitioner. At this juncture, Mr.Nagpal, learned counsel for the complainant stated that more FIRs were pending against the petitioner. Crl.Misc.No.M 4871 of 2011 However, learned State counsel on instructions from SI- Raghbir Singh has stated that only one FIR is pending against the petitioner in which petitioner has been allowed concession of bail by this Court vide Crl.Misc.No.M-15569 of 2010. Learned State counsel and learned counsel for the complainant on the last date of hearing has referred to FIR No.149 dated 16.11.2010 under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 IPC, which was registered at the instance of Harbans Singh, at Police Station Dera Bassi against 10 persons. The State counsel on instructions from SI Raghbir Singh has stated that the applicant is not the accused in that case till today. On the last date of hearing, learned counsel for the complainant and State have stated that other complaints are pending against the petitioner. State counsel has stated at the bar that no other complaint is pending against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that on the basis of compromise with the complainant, quashing of the FIR has been filed. So the net position is that the complainant in the present case has been duly compensated by the petitioner. He has made statement in the Court in this regard. Affidavit of the complainant has also been placed on the file as Annexure P-19. The petitioner is stated to be in custody since 8.3.2010. So on account of changed circumstances that matter has been compromised, bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. ( K.C. Puri) Judge 03.05.2011 sd 2