Crl.M.No.M-37091 of 2009 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-37091 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 22, 2010 Manga Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Ms.Saloni Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.Bhavna Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Mr.Mansur Ali, Advocate for the complainant. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.315, dated 8.12.2009, under Sections 363, 366, 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Sadar Fazilka, District Ferozepur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he enticed away a minor girl Jyoti Bala from the custody of her parents and she has not been recovered so far. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that as per own version of Jyoti Bala, she was major and she married with petitioner of her own will. However, it has been contended by learned State counsel that petitioner has produced a forged birth certificate of Jyoti Bala, Annexure P2, at the time of filing of this petition and obtained interim order of bail on the basis of that forged certificate. It has further been contended that the matter was got investigated and statement of concerned official from the Crl.M.No.M-37091 of 2009 (O&M) -2- office of Registrar, Birth & Death, Ferozepur, has been recorded and as per affidavit filed by Karamjit Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, this certificate was never issued from the said office. It has also been contended that certificate does not contain signatures of any official from that office. It is further contended that Jyoti Bala was minor on the date of alleged occurrence and hence, petitioner is not entitled for concession of anticipatory bail. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Manga Singh, for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. Interim order dated 29.12.2009 already granted in favour of the petitioner stands vacated. 22.7.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge