IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 32462 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : January 09, 2009 Kuldeep Kaur ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. PK Longia, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. KD Sachdeva, DAG Punjab Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No.344 dated 309.2003 under sections 415, 416, 419, 420, 465, 467 & 120- B IPC registered at Police Station Sadar Ludhiana. Suffice it to say that the petitioner in connivance with the other co-accused of this case tried to grab the land measuring 51 kanals of Darbara Singh by preparing forged documents i.e. kareva marriage of Harnam Kaur with Darbara Singh whereas said Darbara Singh had expired three years prior to the alleged kareva marriage. The petitioner was declared a proclaimed offender in this case on 17.5.2004. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that, in fact, the petitioner was not aware of any such criminal case registered against her as she had left her earlier village. The other co-accused, who are stated to be 23 in number, are also related to Criminal Misc. -M No. 32462 of 2008 (O&M) -2- the petitioner. The petitioner is a beneficiary of the alleged forged documents in this case. It is well settled that the provisions under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are to be invoked sparingly and in exceptional circumstances which are lacking in this case. Hence no ground for granting anticipatory bail is made out. Criminal Misc. is dismissed. ( Pritam Pal ) January 09, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'