IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-32371 of 2008 Date of Decision: December 09, 2008 Harmeet Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Saurabh Bajaj, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.93 dated 10.11.2008 lodged for offences under Section(s) 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC with Police Station, Jalandhar Cantt. Learned counsel contends that in the first letter dated 30.8.2008 written by the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Jalandhar Division, Jalandhar, the culpability of the petitioner is not made out. It is only in the second letter dated 7.11.2008 that culpability of the petitioner is reflected. Learned counsel has further tried to bring out the contradictions between the stories. Crl. Misc. No. M-32371 of 2008 [2] Learned counsel has also contended that the writing taken from the petitioner was under coercion and duress, and is not voluntary. I have considered the issue of grant of bail to the petitioner under Section 438 Cr.P.C. It seems that an enquiry was conducted whereupon it was found that 13 leafs of cheques were misused; multiple accounts were opened and the money was siphoned out. During the enquiry, the petitioner who is Postal Assistant, Jalandhar City Headquarter, accepted that all the cheques were encashed by him from Jalandhar Cantt. Headquarter Savings Bank Account and military hospital Cantt. Headquarter Savings Bank Account, amounting to Rs.13,82,000/- and deposited the said amount on 31.10.2008 at Jalandhar Cantt. Headquarter. The contentions raised by the learned counsel cannot be accepted at this juncture when the investigation is at initial stage. Arguments have been addressed as if the final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. has been filed. I am of the considered opinion that only custodial interrogation of the petitioner shall allow the investigating agency to get to the bottom of the crime. No ground for bail is made out. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) December 09, 2008 JUDGE avin