Crl. Misc. No. M- 37824 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 37824 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 24, 2010 Sunita Rani ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ........Respondent ****** CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present : Mr. Surinder Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. 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.172 dated 17.9.2010, under Sections 420,406 of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Adampur, District Jalandhar. The allegations against the petitioner are that she alongwith other co-accused had taken ` 3 lac from the complainant for sending his son Harpreet Singh to a foreign country. However, Harpreet Singh was neither sent abroad nor the amount paid by the complainant has been returned to him. Passport of Harpreet Singh was returned to the complainant after a long time. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the opinion that no ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is made out. Crl. Misc. No. M- 37824 of 2010 (O&M) 2 The allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature. Petitioner might be required for custodial interrogation. Petitioner alongwith her co-accused had allegedly taken ` 3 lac from the complainant for sending his son abroad. However, the son of the complainant was neither sent abroad not the amount paid by the complainant has been returned to him. Dismissed. (SABINA) December 24, 2010 JUDGE Anand