Criminal Misc. No. M-7762 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-7762 of 2011 Date of decision : 22.03.2011 Kunda Ram ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. A.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 39 dated 01.03.2011 under Sections 419/420/467/468/471/120-B IPC at Police Station Mandi Gobindgarh, District Fatehgarh Sahib. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner who was Lambardar of village Kumbhra only identified the land belonging to Amit Suri. He submits that he had no means of verifying whether the said person was Amit Suri and is thus innocent and is entitled to the concession of pre-arrest bail. Learned State counsel on the other hand submits that Amit Suri is residing in New Zealand since 07.02.2009 and in his absence accused Criminal Misc. No. M-7762 of 2011 2 hatched a conspiracy to deprive Amit Suri of his land. According to him, petitioner knowingly verified the land in question leading to revenue entry. He further submits that petitioner also identified Amit Suri on the sale-deed. This apart, name of the petitioner also figured in the disclosure statement of Sukhdev Singh who stated that some money was paid to the petitioner to do the needful. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. It appears that petitioner identified a fictitious person as Amit Suri which resulted in commission of alleged crime. In view of nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner, I am of the considered view that petitioner is not entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. March 22, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE