Cr.Misc. M 7460 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYNA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.Misc. M 7460 of 2010 Date of decision: 7.7.2010 Tej Singh Petitioner vs. State of Haryana. Respondent Present: Mr. Vinod S Bhardwaj, Advocate. Mr. SS Goripuria, DAG, Hry Mr. Jagdeep Singh, Advocate. M.M.S.BEDI,J. The petitioner is a stamp vendor. The allegation against him is that he had facilitated the agreement of sale by antedating the date as purporting to have been executed on 8.12.1995. On the basis of the said alleged fake agreement of sale, a sale deed was executed on 13.3.1997 in favour of Lakhpat Rai. The grievance of Nirmala, grand daughter of Kalawati was that vide an agreement dated 13.12.1995 Kalwati had agreed to execute the sale deed in her favour but in order to defeat her rights on the basis of agreement of sale dated 13.12.1995, a fake agreement of sale was got prepared by Lakhpat Rai on 8.12.1995. Counsel for the complainant and State counsel have vehemently urged that the register of the petitioner, pertaining to the sale of stamp papers and report of Forensic Science Laboratory, Madhuban is indicative of the fact that he had antedated an entry in his register incorporating the sale of stamp paper on 8.12.1995, which has been used by Lakhpat Rai. The evidence against the petitioner appears to be serious one but since the matter is pending before the civil court, pertaining to the Cr.Misc. M 7460 of 2010 2 validity of the sale deed dated 13.12.1997; the documents having already been taken in possession by the police; the petitioner having already joined the investigation, he can be granted the concession of pre-arrest. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and interim order dated 12.3.2010 is hereby confirmed and it is ordered that in case of arrest of the petitioner, he will be released on bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer subject to the condition that the petitioner will join the investigation as and when required by the police and will not tamper with evidence or hamper the investigation. A further condition is imposed upon the petitioner that he will not commit the similar offence, of which he is accused of during pendency of the trial. In case any other instance of committing the similar offence comes to the knowledge of the prosecution agency, the order of pre-arrest bail will be cancelled on an application filed by the prosecution agency. July 7 ,2010 ( M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE