Crl. Misc. No. M-14305 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-14305 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 11.5.2011 Darshan Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. K.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre- arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Section 420 IPC and Section 24 of Immigration Act at Police Station City Jagraon, District Ludhiana, vide FIR No.59 dated 16th April, 2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. From a perusal of the FIR, no offence under Section 420 IPC is made out and thus, he is entitled to the concession of pre-arrest bail. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. The FIR was lodged by Devender Kaur, who stated that the petitioner's wife was in Cambodia and running a restaurant. It was promised that the workers would be paid about Rs.20,000/- and there would be a work visa for three years. In view of this promise, Rs.1.5 lac Crl. Misc. No. M-14305 of 2011 2 was paid to the petitioner. Thereafter, ticket was bought by the complainant and they reached Cambodia on 23rd June, 2009. On reaching there, they found that wife of the petitioner herself was an employee and she had left the job. Resultantly, complainant and her children were left in lurch in a foreign country. Keeping in view nature of allegations, the need for custodial interrogation, no case for pre-arrest bail is made out. Dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 11.5.2011 'rajpal'