IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-8446 of 2011 Date of decision : 29.03.2011 Karni ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 139 dated 04.05.2010 under Sections 218, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Rania, District Sirsa. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is neither the beneficiary nor has any role to play in the commission of crime. He submits that petitioner is a co-sharer in the piece of land and is in possession of the same. He submits that petitioner had no reason to get a forged entry made in the khasra-girdwari of the land. According to him, in view of possibility of false implication, petitioner is entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Learned State counsel has, however, vehemently opposed the prayer. He submits that despite there being a status-quo order from the competent civil court, the petitioner in collusion with accused Rajesh Kumar got rapat change and for this purpose he paid `50,000/- to accused- Rajesh Kumar. Learned counsel submits a departmental action has been initiated against Kanungo Rajesh Kumar and Patwari Jalu Ram. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. The stand of the investigating agency before this court is that the petitioner paid `50,000/- to accused-Rajesh Kumar for getting rapat No. 198 dated 01.03.2009 and rapat No. 20 dated 20.09.2007 changed in the khasra-girdwaris. After FIR was lodged, departmental action has also been initiated against the government officials who are involved in the matter. Under the circumstance, I am of the considered view that petitioner is not entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Dismissed. March 29, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE