IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc.20847-M of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : AUGUST 27, 2008 RAKESH KUMAR ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Rajnish Narula, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. Narender Sura, AAG, Haryana. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 438, Code of Criminal Procedure, seeks grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.292 dated 22.8.2007 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 81/82 of the Registration Act, Police Station, Jagadhri, District Yamuna Nagar. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the co-accused have been allowed bail by this Court vide order dated 21.4.2008 in CRM 51436-M of 2007 (Om Parkash and others v. State of Haryana) and vide order dated 11.8.2008 in CRM 16283-M of 2008 (Manvinder Singh v. State of Haryana). Learned counsel for the respondent-State has pointed out that Criminal Misc.20847-M of 2008 2 the petitioner is not only a habitual offender but had the audacity of opening a tehsil office of Sub Registrar, Tatipur (Madhya Pradesh) in District Sonepat. In the said office, the petitioner acted as a Sub Registrar and exercised the authority not vested in him by law and registered documents of various persons by fraudulent means. I have considered the contentions of the learned counsel for the parties. This court in Om Parkash's case (supra) was dealing with the case of owners of land who were willing to execute the sale deed in favour of complainant-Subhash Makhija. In view of the same, the bail was allowed. The case of Manvinder Singh (supra) was also found similar. With regard to the role of the petitioner, however, I find that he was earlier involved in a similar incident on 30.8.2005 whereupon FIR No.560 dated 7.12.2005 was registered at Police Station, City Jagadhri. Now, this is the second incident that has come to light wherein the petitioner has again projected himself as a Sub Registrar of Tatipur (Madhya Pradesh), however, based in Sonepat. The nature of allegations against the petitioner do not entitle him to the concession of anticipatory bail. Custodial interrogation, in such circumstances, is required to go to the root of the matter and to unearth the extent and number of offences committed. The petition is dismissed. August 27, 2008 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE