Criminal Misc. No. M-3944 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-3944 of 2011 Date of decision : 21.03.2011 Mukesh ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Ashok Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, AAG Haryana. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 963 dated 12.11.2010 under Sections 489-B and 489-C IPC at Police Station City Hisar. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that offence, if any, is under Section 489 C IPC and no offence under Section 489 B IPC is made out and, thus, petitioner is entitled to the concession of bail. Learned State counsel has, however, opposed the prayer. He submits that fake currency amounting to `33,000/- was recovered from the accused-petitioner and thus contention that offence under Section 489 B IPC would not be attracted is totally without any basis. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Criminal Misc. No. M-3944 of 2011 2 According to prosecution version on November 12, 2010, Inspector Raj Singh along with other police officials was present on Talian Bridge, Hisar in vehicle No. HR 39B-3803. A secret information was received that the petitioner was indulging in sale and trafficking of counterfeit currency notes. Resultantly, a naka was laid and petitioner was apprehended with 55 currency notes of the denomination of `500/- each. In view of nature of allegations contained in the FIR and the recovery effected from the petitioner, I am of the considered view that petitioner is not entitled to bail. Contention that offence under Section 489 B IPC would not be attracted is totally misconceived at this stage. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. March 21, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE