In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-8830 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:22.4.2009 Uday Pal .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. N.S. Shekhawat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.C. Gupta, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case that has been registered for the offences under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Sections 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC at Police Station State Vigilance Bureau, Gurgaon. The FIR has been registered on the statement of Anoop Kataria. It has been alleged by the complainant that he and his brother had purchased one acre of land on 2.7.2007 in Village Siwadi, Tehsil Farrukh Nagar. He had gone to Farrukh Nagar Tehsil for the purpose of getting the mutation entered in respect of the land that had been purchased. The complainant met Shyam, Patwari (non-petitioner), who demanded a bribe of Rs.3,000/-. It was alleged by the complainant that without taking bribe Shyam, Patwari was not going to do his work. He did not want to give bribe. Therefore, it was prayed that the legal action be taken against Shyam, Patwari. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that he joined as Revenue Patwari at Village Siwadi on 26.9.2008 whereas the Cr. Misc. No.M-8830 of 2009 [2] FIR was registered on 25.9.2008. It is, therefore, submitted that the petitioner was not working as Revenue Patwari earlier to 26.9.2008. Learned counsel for the State has, however, submitted that even though the petitioner was not posted as Revenue Patwari earlier to 26.9.2008 at Village Siwadi, however, he has made entries in the Report Roznamcha during the period from 16.9.2008 to 25.9.2008 which are required to be verified. Therefore, the hand-writing of the petitioner is required. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, has stated that the petitioner has not made any entries earlier to 26.9.2008 in the revenue records of Village Siwadi and that he is ready to give his specimen hand-writing which may, however, be taken before the Illaqa Magistrate. It may, therefore, be noticed that the petitioner was not posted at Village Siwadi as Revenue Patwari earlier to 26.9.2008. The fact whether he has made any entry in the revenue record as is alleged by the learned counsel for the State, the same can be inquired into by taking specimen hand-writing which the petitioner has agreed to give. Therefore, the necessary specimen hand-writing and signatures of the petitioner be taken in the presence of the learned Illaqa Magistrate in accordance with law. In view of the above, the interim bail granted on 1.4.2009 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. April 22, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*-+