CRM-M-33310-2011(O&M) [ 1 ] :::::::: IN TH E HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-33310-2011(O&M) Date of decision:04.11.2011 Manoj Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of U.T. Chandigahr and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. Sanjiv Sheroran, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. This is a petition for grant of pre-arrest bail in a case registered vide FIR No.196 dated 02.09.2011, under Sections 419, 420, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC at Police Station Industrial Area, Chandigarh. The allegation against the petitioner is that he impersonated himself as an actual candidate and had appeared in the written test for the post of CTU Bus Conductor held on 03.10.2010 at different centers in Chandigarh. As many as 19429 candidates had appeared in the aforesaid written test on 03.10.2010, out of which 144 candidates were declared selected on 25.02.2011 and 37 candidates were put up on the waiting list. Out of 144 short listed candidates, 139 candidates belong to Haryana. A Five Members' Committee headed by the Director, Transport, Chandigarh was constituted on 21.03.2011and during the period of verification w.e.f. 21.03.2011 to 28.03.2011, only 113 candidates were appeared for verification, out of which 87 candidates were found to be bogus as their signatures did not match with their attendance sheets. The petitioner was also a candidate who was allotted Roll No.1122008597 but he did not appear in the written test rather somebody else had impersonated him. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that some unknown persons had assured that they can arrange government service CRM-M-33310-2011(O&M) [ 2 ] :::::::: in UT Chandigarh on nominal fee and had taken signatures of the petitioner on some blank form. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and I am of the view that in order to unearth the scam, custodial interrogation of the petitioner is necessary. In view thereof, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail. Hence, the present petition is hereby dismissed. November 04, 2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) vinod* Judge