Criminal Misc.-M No. 25048 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 25048 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.9.2011 Sukhdev Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Vipul Dharmani, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P. S. Bajwa, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Sandeep Jain, Advocate for the complainant. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. The allegation against the petitioner, who is a Panch of the village, is that he had identified Kedar Nath Kundra as the vendor at the time of registration of sale deed, whereas Kedar Nath Kundra had died 15 years prior thereto. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that he had identified Kedar Nath Kundra on the asking of Nand Kishore @ Goldy, who is scribe of the documents, after seeing the voter ID card, whereas contention of learned counsels for the State as well as the complainant is that deceased-Kedar Nath Kundra and the petitioner belonged to the same village, hence it cannot be denied that the petitioner will not be knowing that Kedar Nath Kundra had already expired. Considering the allegations in the FIR, where the petitioner, Criminal Misc.-M No. 25048 of 2011 [2] being a Panch of the village, had identified a wrong person as Kedar Nath Kundra, whereas he had already expired 15 years back, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 16.9.2011 mk