Crl. Misc. No. M-8191 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-8191 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 20.04.2011. Neeraj ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: - Mr. Ashwani Gaur, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, DAG, Haryana. ***** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in case FIR No.37 dated 26.2.2011 registered at Police Station City, Narwana District Jind, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC. On March 17, 2011 Co-ordinate Bench had passed the following order: - “Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner has purchased the property from Satpal son of Zile Singh. Satpal son of Zile Singh has shown registered power of attorney of the complainant to the petitioner and convinced the petitioner that he has been authorized to sell the property of the complainant. Learned counsel further states that in fact, petitioner has been cheated by Satpal. Notice of motion for 20.04.2011. Meanwhile, it is directed that in the event of arrest of the petitioner, he shall be released on bail on furnishing his personal bond and one surety of Rs.20,000/- to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the Crl. Misc. No. M-8191 of 2011 (O&M) -2- conditions provided under Section 438(2) of the Code. Petitioner shall participate in the investigation as and when he is required.” Mr. Gaurav Dhir, learned Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, on the instructions of SI Jagbir Singh, Police Station City Narwana, District Jind, has stated that petitioner has joined the investigation and after investigation a report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. has been prepared and hence his custodial interrogation is not required. For the reasons stated in order dated 17.3.2011 and the statement made by the counsel for the State, pre-arrest bail granted to the petitioner is made absolute. The trial Court shall accept the regular bail bonds of the petitioner. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge April 20, 2011 R.S.