Crl.M.No.M-16250 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-16250 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 2, 2010 Gurdeep Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Ashok Bhardwaj, 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.139, dated 17.4.2010, under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Tripri Town, Patiala. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully. Allegations of the complainant are that he was cheated and Rs.10 lacs were received from him by cheating and the present petitioner is a party to the said cheating alongwith the co-accused. Initially he stood a witness to a forged sale-deed. The property was owned by Darshan Singh, NRI and however, one Rana Narinder Singh impersonated himself as Darshan Singh, NRI and executed a sale-deed in favour of co-accused Hari Singh, who also impersonated as Kuldeep Singh. Thereafter an agreement to sell of the said property was executed in favour of the complainant and in the said agreement as well the petitioner was a witness and hence, Rs.10 lacs were extracted. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Custodial interrogation of the petitioner-accused is necessary. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any Crl.M.No.M-16250 of 2010 (O&M) -2- opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Gurdeep Singh for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 2.7.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge