Crl.M.No.M-26910 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-26910 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:September 14, 2010 Raj Kumar .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.P.S.Chouhan, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... 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.258, dated 15.11.2009, under Sections 379/34 IPC, registered at Police Station Zirakpur, District SAS Nagar Mohali. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mohali vide which application filed on behalf of the present petitioner for anticipatory bail was dismissed. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that a Qualis vehicle bearing No.PB-01-3914 was stolen on 11.11.2009 at about 8.00 p.m., while the same was lying parked in front of house in Lohgarh road, Badal Colony, Zirakpur. The said vehicle was recovered by Chandigarh police from the possession of petitioner-accused and his co-accused Deepak and the same was taken into possession under Section 102 Cr.P.C. Co- accused Deepak has already been arrested in this case. However, petitioner- accused is absconding. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that no recovery is to be effected from the petitioner-accused as vehicle has already been recovered. It has also been contended that he is falsely implicated just on the statement of co-accused. Crl.M.No.M-26910 of 2010 (O&M) -2- However, as the vehicle has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and the co-accused, his custodial interrogation is necessary for complete investigation of this case as these types of incidents of stealing the vehicles from the parking places and from public roads are increasing in these days. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner-Raj Kumar for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 14.9.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge