Crl.M.No.M-31920 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-31920 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 1, 2010 Devinder Singh alias Bhola .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner. ........ RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.56860 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-31920 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.16, dated 17.3.2009, under Sections 452, 386, 506, 148, 149 IPC, and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, registered at Police Station Sadar Mansa, District Mansa. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the impugned order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mansa, vide which application filed on behalf of the present petitioner for anticipatory bail was dismissed. This is the second application for anticipatory bail filed by present petitioner-accused. First application was dismissed by a coordinate Bench of this Court on merits vide detailed order dated 6.5.2010, passed in Crl.M.No.M-7094 of 2010. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he is an ASI in the police. The FIR was registered against him after due enquiry got conducted. It was his duty to protect the life and property of the citizens. However, instead of doing the same, he allegedly indulged in extortion and Crl.M.No.M-31920 of 2010 (O&M) -2- allegedly received `50,000/- from the complainants. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that in the second enquiry conducted by DSP, petitioner was found innocent. However, this fact was also considered by a coordinate Bench of this Court, while passing order dated 6.5.2010 and it is mentioned that the second enquiry allegedly conducted by DSP finding the petitioner to be innocent is hardly of any significance at this stage. FIR is dated 17.3.2009 and since then petitioner being police officer is evading arrest. It is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Rather his custodial interrogation is necessary. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Devinder Singh alias Bhola for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 1.11.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge