Criminal Misc. No. M-11251 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No. M-11251 of 2009 Date of Decision: 27.4.2009 Manjit Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mrs. Rupinder Kaur Thind, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) The present petition has been preferred under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 354 dated 28.8.2007 registered at Police Station Sadar, District Amritsar, under Sections 420 & 376 IPC. Petitioner had earlier filed Criminal Misc. No. M-47016 of 2007 decided on 13.8.2008. In that petition, following order was passed:- “Mr. P.S. Bajwa, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, on instructions from SI Surinder Singh, Economic Offences Wing, Amritsar, states that voice of the complainant along with CD produced by the petitioner has been sent to the CFSL Laboratory. He states that entire investigation Criminal Misc. No. M-11251 of 2009 2 is complete except for receipt of the report. He further submits that as soon as the report is received, within 10 days final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. will be submitted in the Court of competent jurisdiction. Interim pre-arrest bail granted to the petitioner vide order dated October 01, 2007 is extended till submission of report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. (Challan), in which guilty or innocence of the petitioner shall stand determined. Thereafter, petitioner shall file an application for his regular bail and the same shall be decided on the merits of the case taking into consideration allegations which surface in the final report submitted by the prosecution. With these observations, present petition is disposed off”. Petitioner, in compliance with that order, had not applied for regular bail. Therefore, present petition for pre-arrest bail cannot be entertained. Hence, the present petition is dismissed. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge April 27, 2009 “DK”