IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35695 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 31.1.2011 Kewal Krishan .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Gahlawat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Jaspreet Singh, AAG Punjab, for the respondent-State. NAWAB SINGH.J (ORAL) By order dated December 7th, 2010, Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur ordered that the petitioner, if arrested, shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall join investigation as and when required by the police and shall comply with conditions specified in section 438(2) Cr.P.C by observing as under:- “The FIR is dated 23.8.2010. The allegations, in the FIR, are against Parveen Bala, wife of the petitioner and Sukhbir Singh. Both these accused are in custody. Investigation is over. Challan has been filed. The petitioner was not arrested till now. It is alleged that the petitioner is now required as his photograph was pasted on the identity card of one Ganesh Dass for the purpose of opening an account in ICICI Bank.” Learned State counsel has stated that in pursuance to the order dated December 7th, 2010, the petitioner has joined investigation and he is not required for custodial interrogation. In view of above, the order dated December 7th, 2010 is made absolute. 31.1.2011 (NAWAB SINGH) SN JUDGE