CRM-M No.32589 of 2011(O&M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M No.32589 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 14.12.2011 Ranjit Singh @ Rana ...... Petitioner v. State of Punjab ...... Respondent *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mrs. Satwant Mehta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sumeet Abrol, A.A.G., Punjab *** AJAY TEWARI, J. (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.68 dated 19.09.2011 registered under Sections 379, 411, 420, 472 IPC read with Sections 21, 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act and under Sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act at Police Station B-Division, District Amritsar. On 25.10.2011 the following contention was noticed:- “Learned counsel has argued that the petitioner was not apprehended from the spot and has absolutely clean antecedents and has been sought to be implicated only on the basis of an alleged disclosure statement.” CRM-M No.32589 of 2011(O&M) ::2:: Learned Assistant Advocate General on instructions from ASI Kulwinder Singh has accepted these factual assertions though he states that as per the FIR on receiving secret information a raid was conducted and a stolen Skoda car was recovered in which one person was arrested and the petitioner managed to escape. As regards the antecedents he has stated that earlier a case was registered against the present petitioner but he was acquitted therein. Be that as it may, in view of the admitted facts, I do not deem it appropriate to subject the petitioner to rigors of arrest. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Ordered accordingly. In the event of arrest of the petitioner, he shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer subject to the conditions envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) December 14, 2011 JUDGE ashish