IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-34034 of 2009 Date of Decision: January 27, 2010 Pushpa Devi & Another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. H.S. Batth, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Dhir, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for the respondent. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of bail to the petitioners in case FIR No.335 dated 6.10.2009 under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 506, 471, 34 IPC registered with Police Station, Sampla, District Rohtak. Gist of the matter is that a piece of land was purchased by the petitioners from Chandgi Ram, Mangat Ram @ Mangu, Thampu Ram and Barasi Dass sons of Kansi Ram vide sale deed Crl. Misc. No. M-34034 of 2009 [2] executed on 15.9.2008. As per allegations in the FIR, all the said four persons died before execution of sale deed and therefore, the said persons were impersonated by some other persons. The petitioners are the beneficiaries of the result of offence. In my considered opinion, without custodial interrogation of the petitioners, the real identity of the persons who impersonated deceased Chandgi Ram, Mangat Ram @ Mangu, Thampu Ram and Banarsi Dass sons of Kansi Ram cannot be unravelled, without which investigation cannot be completed. Nature of offence is also serious in so much as the land of deceased persons has been sold away depriving the legitimate heirs. Contention of the learned counsel for the petitioners that civil suit was filed prior to the FIR, is dehors the controversy of impersonation and cheating. No ground for bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is made out. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) January 27, 2010 JUDGE avin