Crl. Misc No. M-19257 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-19257 of 2009 Date of decision : 20.07.2009 Balwinder Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Jatinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 406/420 IPC at police station Sadar Kotkapura vide FIR No. 56 dated 22.05.2009. Allegations in the FIR are that petitioner took Rs. 65,000/- from one Sukhmander Singh and Rs. 41,000/- from one Babu Singh with a promise that their sons would be recruited in the Army. When the petitioner failed to return the said amount, a complaint was made to the village Panchayat. On 22.09.2008, the petitioner promised in writing before the Panchayat that he would return the entire amount by 20.01.2009. He, however, failed to do so. Thus, present FIR was lodged. Learned counsel has argued that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and there is no evidence to connect the petitioner with the commission of crime. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He Crl. Misc No. M-19257 of 2009 2 is alleged to have defrauded the complainants with a promise to get their wards recruited in the Army. There is no ground to hold at this stage that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He is said to have agreed before the village Panchayat that he would return the amount in question to the complainants and an undertaking in writing was given by him that he would repay the entire amount by 20.01.2009. However, he failed to return the amount. I thus, find no ground to extend the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The petition is devoid of any merit and the same is hereby dismissed. 20.07.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE