IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-26157 of 2008 Date of Decision: December 17, 2008 Kuldeep Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. N.S. Kandhola, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner(s) in case FIR No.86 dated 24.6.2008 lodged for commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 420, 464, 467, 468, 120-B IPC with Police Station, City Ropar. It has been brought out by the learned counsel for the respondent-State, on instructions from Bhagwant Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector that the complainant has been cheated of a sum of Rs.45 lac. It was the petitioner who came to the complainant that he could purchase the land. The land that was shown by the petitioner, however, was not transferable and yet money was taken from the Crl. Misc. No. M-26157 of 2008 [2] complainant on that pretext. The petitioner is one of the main culprits and accused of committing fraud and offences as alleged in the FIR. Only custodial interrogation of the petitioner shall reveal the complete facts. The investigation process cannot be throttled by way of giving protection to a person such as the petitioner against whom serious allegations have been made. No ground for bail is made out. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) December 17, 2008 JUDGE avin