Crl.Misc No M- 22222 of 2010 Dr.Sumeet Sofat Vs. State of Punjab and others PRESENT: Mr.R.S.Ghuman, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** Crl.Misc.No. 39479 of 2010 Crl.Misc.is allowed as prayed for. Crl.Misc.No. M-22222 of 2010 This petition has been filed on behalf of petitioner Dr.Sumeet Sofat for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 365 dated 29.7.2009 under Sections 376/377/506/323/120-B IPC registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Dehradun, State of Uttarakhand. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the petitioner is to appear before the Investigating Officer at Police Station Chandimandir, District Panchkula on 8th August, 2010, he has all reasonable apprehensions for his arrest by the Dehradun police and in view of the judgments reported in N.K.Nayar and others ,etc. v. State of Maharashtra and others 1985 Crl.L.J. 1887 (Bombay High Court) Dr.L.R.Naidu v. State of Karnataka 1984 Crl.L.J.757 (Karnataka High Court) and B.R.Sinha and others v. The State 1982 Crl.L.J. 61 (Calcutta High Court), the petitioner can be protected by way of granting interim anticipatory bail if reasonable apprehensions are there. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to pin point any reasonable apprehension of arrest by the Dehradun police during the period when he is to appear before the Investigating Officer at Police Station Chandimandir. Earlier also, the petitioner is residing in the State of Punjab and no efforts have been made by the Dehradun police to arrest him. Crl.Misc No M- 22222 of 2010 [2] It is mere apprehension of the petitioner that the Dehradun police is after him and he may be arrested on the date fixed for appearance before the Investigating Officer. It is also relevant to mention here that in a case fixed before this Court, the petitioner was directed to appear but inspite of giving directions, the petitioner did not appear in person only because of the apprehension that he may be arrested by the police as so many cases are pending against him. The petitioner is having the impression that he may be arrested on that day is not the sufficient or reasonable ground to grant bail. Since no reasonable ground has been made out by the learned counsel for the petitioner to grant anticipatory bail in the case registered at Police Station Kotwali, District Dehradun, the petition being devoid of any merit is dismissed. (DAYA CHAUDHARY) August 5, 2010 JUDGE raghav