IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-5994 of 2011 Date of Decision:- 04.04.2011 Gajju Ram ……Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ……Respondent Present: Mr. Preetwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. VPS Sidhu, AAG Punjab. *** S.S. SARON J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in case FIR No.328 registered against him on 07.12.2010 for the offences under Section 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC at Police Station City Barnala, District Barnala. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of the District Transport Officer, Barnala. It has been alleged by the complainant that the Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Bathinda had informed the office of District Transport Officer, Barnala vide letter dated 21.09.2010 that at the time of checking of vehicles, the registration certificate of Tavera vehicle No.PB-19E-8661 was found to be forged, inasmuch as the signatures of the District Transport Officer, Barnala were forged. Due to this they had impounded the vehicle at Police Station, Bathinda Cantt. This Tavera vehicle was in the name of Gurpreet Singh son of Bikerjit Singh. On inspecting the record of the registration certificate of the vehicle No.PB-19E-8661 (Tavera) CRM No.5994-M of 2011 [2] issued by Secretary Regional Transport Authority, Bathinda, the registration number was in fact in the name of Balbir Singh son of Jagar Singh and was in respect of a Hero Honda Splendor (motorcycle). Therefore, it was apparent that the vehicle No.PB-19E-8661(Tavera) which was impounded by the Secretary Regional Authority, Bathinda during the checking of registration certificate of vehicle, was forged. The lumpsum token tax Rs.9980/- of this vehicle had been deposited on 20.03.2010, was also forged. It was requested that legal action be taken against the person who had forged the registration certificate of the vehicle No.PB-19E-8661 (Tavera) and deposited lumpsum token Rs.9980/- through challan dated 20.03.2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is working as a Typist-cum-agent in the Court Complex at Barnala and he submits applications on behalf of the owners of vehicle for getting transferred the registration certificate of a vehicle in the owners' name. However, it is alleged that he had forged the registration certificate of the Tavera vehicle. According to the petitioner the documents of vehicle bearing old No.DH-VB-5951 (Annexure R-3) were given to him by Gurpreet Singh, which he had purchased and the said vehicle had to be transferred in his name. Gurpreet Singh had purchased one Tavera vehicle which had old registration No.DH-VB-5951 and for change of this number to Punjab and transfer the registration certificate in his name, he had applied to the District Transport Officer, Sangrur. The petitioner sent the papers to the D.T.O. for the said purpose and got issued a receipt for the deposit of the said papers. The said Gurpreet Singh had gone to Bathinda for his work and the traffic police checked the said car. Gurpreet Singh showed receipt obtained by the petitioner from DTO office Sangrur. The said authority refused to accept the receipt and in this regard the traffic authority challaned the said car without CRM No.5994-M of 2011 [3] R.C. The traffic authority wrongly showed the number of the car in the said challan and also took into its possession the said car and thereafter, made a false story. It is submitted that the vehicle was transferred in the name of Gurpreet Singh by the DTO Office, Sangrur. The petitioner had been implicated in the above-mentioned false and frivolous case. The petitioner had submitted true photocopy of the R.C. issued by the office of DTO, Sangrur. The prosecution, however, has to prove its case by leading evidence. The petitioner was arrested on 13.02.2011 and his custody is not required for the purposes of investigation. The petitioner is in judicial custody. In the circumstances, the petitioner, on furnishing his personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barnala, shall be admitted to bail. 04.04.2011 (S.S. SARON) Jyoti 1 Judge