CRM-M-24892-2011 (O&M) - 1 - :::::::: IN TH E HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24892-2011 (O&M) Date of decision:01.09.2011. Parwinder Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. Vikas Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. This is a petition for grant of pre-arrest bail in a case registered vide FIR No.39 dated 04.08.2010, under Sections 420, 454, 380, 406, 120-B IPC at Police Station Maqboolpura, District Amritsar. The petitioner had earlier applied for anticipatory bail before this Court by way of CRM-M-10200-2011 in which she was released on interim bail on 07.04.2011. However, the said bail application was dismissed on 04.05.2011 with the following observations: - “Learned counsel for the petitioners states that petitioner shall join investigation within 10 days. No explanation is given by learned counsel for the petitioner as to why petitioner has failed to join the investigation despite of direction dated 07.04.2011. Keeping in mind he/she, who seeks equity must come to Court with clean hands, petition is not entitled for discretionary relief of anticipatory bail.” The present bail application has been filed by change of counsel who has tried to persuade the Court to believe that though the petitioner had tried to join the investigation but the Investigating Officer did not allow her to join. I am afraid that this submission cannot be accepted because had it been a reason for not joining the investigation, the petitioner could CRM-M-24892-2011 (O&M) - 2 - :::::::: have easily brought it to the notice of the Court at the time when she was specifically asked to explain and in the absence of explanation, the bail application was dismissed on 04.05.2011. Therefore, in my view, it is a lame excuse which has been prepared after the dismissal of the bail application. Hence, I do not find any merit in the present petition and the same is hereby dismissed. September 01, 2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) vinod* Judge