CRM No. M-16812 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-16812 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 9.7.2009 Kashmir Singh ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. SPS Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. The petitioner has prayed for pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him under Section 420 IPC at Police Station Kot Ise Khan, District Moga, vide FIR No.146 dated 29th October, 2007. The allegation against the petitioner is that he duped the complainant of Rs.8.00 lacs by assuring that he would be sent to England. For this purpose, the complainant would be married to one Manjit Kaur and he would settle in England. The complainant was instead taken to Malaysia on a fake visa. He had to return from there after 3/4 days. On coming back, he asked the petitioner to return the amount given to him for sending him abroad. However, the petitioner refused. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required, allegations in the FIR are false and some amount has already been returned to the complainant. CRM No. M-16812 of 2009 2 I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. In my considered view, the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. His custodial interrogation may be required for taking the investigation to its logical end. I do not find any force in the submission of the counsel that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not necessary. This apart, there are allegation of procuring a fake visa which needs to be probed. It is evident that earlier anticipatory bail application moved by the petitioner was dismissed as withdrawn on 6th February, 2008. It appears that the petitioner has evaded the process of law for fairly long period. Under the circumstances I do not find it a fit case for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The petition is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE July 9, 2009 'rajpal'