Crl.M.No.M-26211 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-26211 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:September 15, 2010 Tarsem Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.D.S.Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. .... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.46746 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-26211 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.109, dated 21.6.2010, under Sections 420, 406, 120-B IPC and 24 of the Immigration Act, registered at Police Station Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala. 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, Kapurthala, vide which application filed on behalf of the present petitioner for anticipatory bail was dismissed. Allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he alongwith his father and co-accused used to run a travel agency. Complainant approached them for sending his son to abroad, i.e., England on work permit. Petitioner-accused and his co-accused demanded Rs.8,00,000/-. However, Rs.1,97,000/- were paid as advance. Passport of his son was also given to the accused and it was agreed that the remaining amount would be paid after getting the visa. However, neither the son of complainant was sent to abroad nor his passport and money were returned to him. However, a cheque was given by the co-accused, which was also dishonored. Crl.M.No.M-26211 of 2010 (O&M) -2- These types of incidents are on increase in these days. Poor people are being cheated by travel agents in this regard. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Rather his custodial interrogation is necessary. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Tarsem Singh for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 15.9.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge