CRM No. M-14525 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-14525 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 26.05.2009 Hardev Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. N.S. Dandiwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case bearing FIR No.66 dated 7th May, 2009, registered against him under Section 420 IPC at Police Station Dharamkot, District Moga. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. He has referred to the complaint, Annexure P-2, made by Mukhtiar Singh and also his statement, Annexure P-3. According to the counsel, there are discrepancies in the version given in Annexures P-2 & P-3 and the version contained in the FIR. Learned counsel has further submitted that the petitioner has no role to play in the case. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. According to the allegations contained in the FIR, the CRM No. M-14525 of 2009 2 petitioner alongwith his co-accused duped the complainant of Rs.4,50,000/- after promising him that he would be sent to South Korea. However, the complainant was sent to Thailand where he was stranded for 15 days. The accused also retained the passport of the complainant and did not return the amount of Rs.4,50,000/- which was taken for sending the petitioner abroad. Under the circumstances, I am of the considered view that the petitioner is not entitled to concession of anticipatory bail. Armed with a protective order, the petitioner is unlikely to cooperate with the Investigating Officer. I thus find no merit in this petition. The same is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE May 26, 2009 'rajpal'