Crl. Misc. No. M-25660 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-25660 of 2011 Date of Decision: 20.10.2011 Tej Pal Sharma ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI Present: Mr. Ashit Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Sushma Chopra, Addl. Advocate General, Haryana. * * * * M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner is an agent of ICICI Bank. He seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail apprehending arrest in a case registered at the instance of Managing Director of Reva Industries Limited to the effect that two cheques drawn in the names of Bharti Airtel Limited and M/s Faridabad Steel Monqers Pvt. Limited were forged and drawees' names were changed to Ajay Kumar and Joginder and sum of Rs. 94,768/- and Rs. 94,758/- respectively were got encashed by depositing the above said cheques in the accounts of drawees in ICICI Bank. The petitioner is alleged to have introduced Joginder as a customer. The petitioner and his father identified the said Joginder. Perusal of the Police file indicates that the petitioner has withdrawn the Crl. Misc. No. M-25660 of 2011 -2- amount from ATM from the account of Joginder. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and that he could not be connected with the offence. After hearing Counsel for the petitioner, State Counsel and going through the record, prima-facie, petitioner is involved in the act of introducing fake Joginder Singh and then withdrawing money from his account. The petitioner with muffled face has been shown to have withdrawn money as per the CCTV footage. It appears to be a case of custodial interrogation. No doubt, the petitioner has joined investigation. But the said conduct will not confer right on the petitioner to get the concession of pre-arrest bail. No extra-ordinary exceptional circumstances prevail to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Dismissed. 20.10.2011 (M.M.S. BEDI) Amodh JUDGE