In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-21786 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:9.11.2010 Jai Dev .....Petitioner v. Puran Chand and another .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Abhishek Sethi, Advocate for the petitioner. None for respondent No.1. Mr. K.C. Gupta, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for respondent No.2-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. As per office report service is complete, however, no one has appeared on behalf of respondent No.1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a criminal complaint (Annexure-P.2) titled Puran Chand v. Om Parkash Chand and another pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Jagadhri. It is alleged by the complainant that Ram Chand retired Kanungo was appointed as Local Commissioner for demarcation of the land on the orders of the Assistant Collector 2nd Grade. He prepared demarcation report in the presence of the persons who were present at the time when demarcation proceedings were carried out. The demarcation report was submitted on 13.7.2000 in the office of Assistant Collector 2nd Grade, Jagadhri. It is alleged that Om Parkash (accused No.1) in collusion with Jai Dev (accused Cr. Misc. No.M-21786 of 2010 [2] No.2-petitioner), who is working in the office of Assistant Collector 2nd Grade (Tehsildar), Jagadhri, deleted the name of Om Parkash from the demarcation report by making cuttings. The action of Om Parkash (accused No.1) and Jai Dev (accused No.2-petitioner) is unauthorized and illegal. The complainant is to prove his case by leading evidence. Being a complaint case, the custody of the petitioner is not required for the purposes of investigation. In compliance of the order dated 30.7.2010, the petitioner has appeared before the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jagadhri and has furnished his bail bond on 2.8.2010. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 30.7.2010 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. November 9, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*