In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. CRM-M 16845 of 2009 Decided on Aug 27,2009. Balram Mehta -- Petitioner vs. State of Punjab --Respondent. CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr.Vivek Salathia,Advocate, for the petitioner Mr.R.S.Rawat,AAG,Punjab,for the respondent/State. Rakesh Kumar Jain, J: The petitioner has applied for anticipatory bail in case registered vide FIR No.50 dated 09.4.2009 under Sections 419,420, 467,468 ,471,120-B IPC at Police Station, Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur. The aforesaid FIR was registered on the statement of Swinder Singh, Tarlok Singh and Amarjit Kaur Panches of village Daniawali of Police Station Naushehra Majha Singh, Tehsil and District Gurdaspur in which they have alleged that Gurdeep Singh, Sarpanch of village Daniawali had forged their signatures and withdrawn the money from the account of the Panchayat. Gurdeep Singh admitted that he had forged the signatures of the Panches. The District Development and Panchayat Officer in his report has stated that Gurdeep Singh Sarpanch had withdrawn Rs.8000/- with the connivance of the petitioner from the Bank Account 296/PCCB. CRM-M 16845 of 2009 -2- Before coming to this Court, the petitioners had applied for anticipatory bail before the Court below which was dismissed by learned Addl.Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur, on 01.6.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently argued that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He has also joined the investigation and nothing is to be recovered from him. On the other hand, learned State Counsel has argued that the petitioner has committed a very serious offence as he has actively participated in the commission of crime with Sarpanch Gurdeep Singh, who has admitted that he had forged the signatures of the Panches on the register for the purpose of withdrawing the money from the bank account. `After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the seriousness of the offence, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. Hence the bail application is hereby dismissed. Aug 27,2009 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge