CRM- M 25989 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M 25989 of 2011 Date of decision : December 19, 2011 Kulwinder Singh, ...... Petitioner v. State of Punjab and another, ...... Respondents *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sumeet Abrol, AAG Punjab Mr. Ankur Mittal, Advocate for respondent No.2. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioner seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.22, dated 9.2.2011, registered under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC, at Police Station Laddowal, District Ludhiana City. The broad-brush allegations are that the petitioner had usurped the land in dispute of the complainant by entering into an ostensible sale deed with a dead person. Counsel for the petitioner has accepted the fact that on the date of the sale, the owner of the land in dispute was dead. He, however, states that the matter was subsequently compromised and the legatee was CRM- M 25989 of 2011 ::2:: compensated. This fact is, however, hotly contested by counsel for respondent No.2. Be that as it may, the fact remains that the disputed sale deed was executed in the year 2005. In the year 2008, the complainant filed a civil suit challenging the said sale deed. It is about one and half year thereafter that the instant complaint has been filed on the basis of which the present FIR has been registered. It is also not disputed that the mother of the complainant has also filed a private complaint in respect of the same transaction against the petitioner which is pending in which the petitioner has been summoned. In my considered opinion, without going into the merits of the case, the admitted dates mentioned above would entitle the petitioner to the concession of anticipatory bail. Consequently, the petitioner is directed to appear before the Investigating Officer on 27.12.2011 or on any other date on which he requires the presence of the petitioner, and in the event of his appearance, the petitioner shall be released on anticipatory bail to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) December 19, 2011. JUDGE `kk'