Criminal Misc. -M No. 31569 of 2011 (1) IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 31569 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.10.2011 Nahar Singh .. Petitioner vs State of Punjab .. Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Jasdeep Singh Gill, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajesh Bindal, J. Prayer in the petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 103 dated 8.7.2011 registered under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC with Police Station Morinda, District Ropar. The case against the petitioner is that a power of attorney was executed on 2.6.2011 in his favour by Mahadev Parkash Sethi for selling of land owned by him, whereas the person who executed the power of attorney was not genuine. Somebody else was produced for getting the power of attorney executed. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner, in fact, is working with a property dealer. Mahadev Parkash Sethi, who is stated to have executed the power of attorney, in favour of the petitioner, was brought by another property dealer Balwinder Singh @ Illa in their office. The petitioner was not known to that person personally. The sale deed was got registered by the petitioner in favour of Balwinder Singh, brother-in-law of Balwinder Singh @ Illa on 6.6.2011. Criminal Misc. -M No. 31569 of 2011 (2) After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the fact that the petitioner was admittedly working with a property dealer and a power of attorney was got executed by another property dealer in his favour by producing a fake person and land belonging to him was ultimately sold. Such type of offences are on rise where properties belonging to the absentee land owners are being sold by unscrupulous persons, in my opinion, the petitioner does not deserve concession of pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. 19.10.2011 (Rajesh Bindal ) vs Judge