Crl. Misc. No.M-30890 of 2010 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-30890 of 2010 Date of decision: January 27, 2011. Sukhwinder Singh ...Petitioner v. State of Punjab ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri A.S. Manaise, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri T.S. Salana, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. Shri Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the complainant. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): The petitioner is Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat of village Bham. It is stated in the FIR that record of the Gram Panchayat, since 2002, has been destroyed so that the misappropriation of the funds is not brought into light. Counsel for the petitioner has stated that the records of the Panchayat remained in custody of the Panchayat Secretary. The Panchayat Secretary had given an affidavit wherein it was stated that he had gone to the office of the Electricity Board for seeking a connection for shamlat land and in the process he lost the records at the bus stop of Sri Hargobindpur. On the basis of the affidavit furnished by the Panchayat Secretary, a DDR Annexure P-2 was also registered. Crl. Misc. No.M-30890 of 2010 -: 2 :- The pre-arrest bail application filed by Sukhbir Singh, Panchayat Secretary, has been dismissed by a separate order dated 15.10.2010 passed in Crl. Misc. No.M-31342 of 2010. The petitioner was released on interim bail. On the last date of hearing, i.e., 8.12.2010, the case was adjourned to enable the Counsel for the State to show cause as to how collusion and connivance of the petitioner with Panchayat Secretary is made out. Counsel for the State has very fairly stated, on instructions from SI Kulwant Singh, that till today no evidence has come on record from which collusion and connivance of the petitioner Sarpanch can be inferred. In view of the fair stand taken by the State, interim order dated 14.10.2010 is made absolute. The petition is disposed of. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] January 27, 2011. Judge kadyan