Crl.M.No. M-37816/2010(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No. M-37816/2010(O&M) Date of decision:23.12.2010. Gurpreet Singh ....................Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.KS Dhillon,Advocate for the petitioner. Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Prayer under Section 438 Cr.PC is for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner-Gurpreet Singh, in case FIR No.62 dated 19.11.2010 under Sections 420/406 IPC, PS Begowal,Distt.Kapurthala. As per allegations in the FIR, petitioner-Gurpreet Singh with his co-accused mother Surinder Kaur and father Mastan Singh had agreed to send the son of the complainant abroad for a consideration of Rs.25 lacs. Neither the son of the complainant was sent abroad nor the money returned. It is stated that parents of the petitioner i.e. mother Surinder Kaur and father Mastan Singh have since expired. Learned counsel submits that allegations are mainly against parents of the petitioner and he has nothing to do with the offence. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner I find Crl.M.No. M-37816/2010(O&M) 2 the plea unsustainable. There is an agreement entered into between the complainant and the accused party wherein the petitioner is a signatory and has accepted their liability to return a sum of Rs. 8.25 lacs. It is apparent that till now only Rs.2 lacs have been paid. Keeping in view the nature and gravity of offence, no case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. Dismissed. 23.12.2010 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge