IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-17522 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 6, 2010 Joga Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Jasdeep Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.148, dated 9.5.2010, under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 379, 411, 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Focal Point, Ludhiana City, District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the petitionerand have gone through the whole record carefully. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he alongwith co-accused Arpinder Singh and Gurmit Singh indulged in committing thefts of vehicles and selling the same after preparing forged documents. Name and address of the petitioner have been mentioned in the FIR, which was registered on the basis of a secret information. The stolen vehicles were recovered and the co-accused was arrested, however the present petitioner fled away from the spot after leaving the vehicle being driven by him. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Rather, custodial interrogation of the petitioner-accused is necessary. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Joga Singh for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 6.7.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge