CRM-M-21125-2011 [ 1 ] :::::::: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-21125-2011 Date of decision:25.07.2011. Gagandeep @ Gagni ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu, Senior Advocate, with Ms. Mandeep Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in a case registered vide FIR No.17 dated 23.06.2011, under Sections 420, 406 IPC, Police Station Tallewal, District Barnala. Gobind Singh and Hardeep Kumar lodged the present FIR against the petitioner and one Narinder Pal on the allegations that they had taken `4,00,000/- each from them for sending them abroad. It is alleged that the matter was compromised before the Panchayat in which the petitioner had agreed to return `2,00,000/- each to both the complainants but the same has not been returned. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the money was taken by the agent (Narinder Pal) but he has accepted the compromise (Annexure P-2) and has submitted that he had paid `1,00,000/- each to both the complainants to show his bona fide and could not arrange rest of the amount. Therefore, he has prayed for grant of anticipatory bail on the ground that the money is with Narinder Pal and even `2,00,000/- have been paid by him from his own pocket. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the CRM-M-21125-2011 [ 2 ] :::::::: record, I have found that the petitioner has accepted the receipt of `8,00,000/- from both the complainants as per compromise arrived at before the Panchayat though he is shifting his burden upon the co-accused Narinder Pal and is now refusing to honour the commitment made before the Panchayat. In these circumstances, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail and hence, the present petition is hereby dismissed. July 25, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) vinod* JUDGE