Crl. Misc. No.M-20480 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-20480 of 2011 Date of Decision: September 16, 2011 Karamjit Singh …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. Balram Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Addl.A.G., Punjab. Mr.H.S. Sangha, 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 Avtar Singh, complainant alleging that Daljit Singh had been allotted a plot in Aero City, SAS Nagar, Mohali and that he had agreed to sell the same to the complainant for a sum of Rs.55 lacs. The said plot was subsequently agreed to be sold to Sanjay Gupta for a sum ofRs.50 lacs. Crl. Misc. No.M-20480 of 2011 [2] Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that Daljit Singh is the main accused in the present case and that the petitioner has been involved in the case merely because he happens to be the real brother of Daljit Singh. I have heard counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the complainant and gone through the police record. It is not Daljit Singh only who has received the money but the petitioner had accompanied the co- accused Daljit Singh at the time of receipt of sum of Rs.35 lacs. In this context statement of Harphool Singh, property dealer, has been recorded by the police wherein he has stated that he is an attesting witness to the agreement of sale and that at the time of receipt of money, the petitioner had accompanied his co-accused Daljit Singh. To the same affect is the statement of Hardev Singh PW. The co-accused of the petitioner Daljit Singh has also allegedly made a disclosure statement to the police that money received by him is with his brother Karamjit Singh i.e. the petitioner. It will be pre-mature to assess the legality of the said statement of Daljit Singh as it has to be corroborated by other circumstances during the trial. In view of the specific allegation of petitioner having joined hands with his co-accused Daljit Singh in duping the complainant of sum of Rs.35 lacs with a promise to sell the plot in Aero City, I do not find any extraordinary exceptional circumstances to grant the concession of pre- arrest bail to the petitioner. Dismissed. September 16, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE Crl. Misc. No.M-20480 of 2011 [3]