IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-33682 of 2008 Date of Decision: December 23, 2008 Sukhdev Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS The State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Ashok Kumar Khunger, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner(s) in case FIR No.29 dated 31.1.2008 lodged for commission of offence punishable under Section(s) 420, 406, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC with Police Station, City, Abohar, District Ferozepur. Leaned counsel contends that there is no incriminating material against the petitioner so as to implicate him. The FIR only alleges that petitioner, Sukhdev Singh, who has been termed as accused No.3 in the FIR, was doing the work of a mediator for arranging finance. I have considered the contention. Crl. Misc. No. M-33682 of 2008 [2] Order passed by the Court of Sessions indicates that during investigation till date it has come out that the petitioner had forged and fabricated an agreement to sell a tractor on behalf of Kanshi Ram to Darshan Singh and Jaswant Singh for an amount of Rs.2,40,000/- whereas the actual price was Rs.3,40,000/-. On perusal of the FIR also, I find that it was the petitioner who enabled the offence to be committed. In case, protection under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is allowed to the petitioner, the modus operandi and the entire sequence of events would not be unravelled. No ground for bail to the petitioner is made out. The petition is dismissed. At this stage, a prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner by the leaned counsel that the petitioner would surrender. In case the petitioner surrenders, after considering the matter of police remand when an application for regular bail is filed, the same shall be disposed of within four working/Court days. (AJAI LAMBA) December 23, 2008 JUDGE avin