Crl. Misc. No. M-32656 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-32656 of 2011 Date of Decision : November 23, 2011 Ajay Pal .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Ajay Pal accused has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No.51 dated 07.10.2011, under Sections 365, 342, 323, 506, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 25 of the Arms Act and Section 66-A of the Information Technology Act, registered at Police Station Haibowal, District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, the petitioner and his co- Crl. Misc. No. M-32656 of 2011 2 accused abducted the complainant and tortured him and made him nude and prepared his obscene footage on mobile telephone and put the same on internet. Counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that FIR has been lodged after delay of more than 1½ months. However, this circumstance is not sufficient to extend the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. There are very serious allegations against the petitioner and his co-accused. The petitioner himself was armed with pistol. The complainant has alleged in the FIR itself that he did not report the matter to the police earlier because he had been threatened and intimidated by the petitioner and his co-accused. Moreover, learned State counsel, on instructions from SI Rajesh Sharma, stated that the video footage has been seized by the police depicting torture of the complainant in nude condition by the petitioner's co-accused. In view of the aforesaid, without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is dismissed. November 23, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE