Crl. Misc. No. M- 27209 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 27209 of 2010 Date of Decision: September 27, 2010 Bablu @ Amandeep ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ........Respondent ****** CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Avtar S. Khinda, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 169 dated 16.7.2010, under Sections 420/120-B of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Shahkot, District Jalandhar. The prosecution case is that the petitioner alongwith other co-accused had taken money from the complainant for sending Sukhdeep Singh to Canada and the complainant had paid Rs.2,00,000/- to the petitioner alongwith his other co-accused. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that no role was attributed to the petitioner in the FIR. Petitioner was a taxi driver by profession. Crl. Misc. No. M- 27209 of 2010 2 Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has submitted that Rs.2,00,000/- had been handed over to Hardev Singh and Bhajan Kaur alongwith the petitioner. Petitioner is required for custodial interrogation. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I am of the opinion that no ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is made out. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature. Rs. 2,00,000/- out of the settled amount of Rs.14,00,000/- had been paid to the petitioner alongwith his other co-accused for sending Sukhdeep Singh to Canada. Petitioner is required for custodial interrogation. Dismissed. (SABINA) September 27, 2010 JUDGE Anand