Crl. Misc. No.M-26555 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-26555 of 2011. Date of decision: November 09, 2011. Sukhdev Singh alias Babbi .. Petitioners VERSUS State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI * * * PRESENT Mr.Naresh Gopal Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.P.S.Bajwa, DAG., Punjab. Mr.Baljinder Singh Sra, Advocate, for the complainant. M.M.S.BEDI, J (ORAL). Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of Surinder Pal Singh alleging that the petitioner and his wife had taken a sum of ` 9 lacs from the complainant which had been collected by the complainant from different persons as the petitioners had promised that he would sell his land in Uttaranchal and would invest the money on the Ashram. Counsel for the petitioner submits that this is a simple case of breach of promise regarding the return of money. A sum of ` 2 lacs is alleged to have been paid by the petitioner to the . . .1 Crl. Misc. No.M-26555 of 2011 complainant. Superficially, it appears to be a case of breach of promise of civil liability only but a close scrutiny of the police file and the material gathered during course of investigation indicates that the petitioner along with another police official Surinder Kumar and his wife has been able to exploit the religious sentiments of the disciple of a religious Guru Maharaj Dhuriwala. The money collected with a false promise has been misappropriated by the petitioner. In this context the statement of the complainant and other PWs Jaspal Kaur, Sukhdev Singh, Baldev Krishan etc. are prima facie sufficient to form an opinion that it is not a case of simple liability but a case whether innocent persons have been exploited in the name of religion. The petition is dismissed without prejudice to the rights of the petitioner to seek the concession of regular bail. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE November 09, 2011. rka . . .2