Crl.M.No.M-27735 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-27735 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:September 21, 2010 Sarabjit Singh and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.ADS Jattana, Advocate for the petitioners. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.49519 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-27735 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in case FIR No.163, dated 3.8.2010, under Sections 465,467,468,471,474 IPC and later on added Section 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Sahnewal, District Ludhiana City. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioners and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the orders passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, vide which applications filed on behalf of the present petitioners for anticipatory bail were dismissed. The present case was registered on an application moved by NRI Randhir Singh Sandhu to Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana. It has been stated in the application that a general power of attorney on his behalf was forged by co-accused Kuldip Kaur, though he had executed only special power of attorney in her favour, and on the basis of said forged general power of attorney, the land belonging to complainant was sold for Rs.2,18,40,000/- vide different sale-deeds. It came during investigation of co-accused Kuldeep Kaur that she in connivance with her cousin Sarabjit Crl.M.No.M-27735 of 2010 (O&M) -2- Singh alias Bittu and Niranjan Singh, i.e., the present petitioners-accused had taken the possession from Harpreet Singh and she had given Rs.13 lacs to Sarabjit Singh, petitioner no.1, for preparing the forged power of attorney, who had further given Rs.7 lacs to Niranajan Singh, petitoner no.2. Hence, in view of these facts, prima facie it came during investigation that petitioners-accused also connived with co-accused Kuldeep Kaur in preparing the forged documents and cheating the complainant-NRI. It is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners-accused. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioners- Sarabjit Singh and Niranjan Singh @ Mittu for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 21.9.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge