In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl. Misc. No. M-31064 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: October 14, 2011 Sher Singh ---Petitioner versus State of Haryana ---Respondent Coram: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH *** Present: Mr. Mahavir Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner *** Gurdev Singh, J. Heard. This petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by Sher Singh, petitioner-accused, for the grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No. 665 dated 5.9.2011 registered under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B IPC in Police Station Civil Lines, Karnal. He has contended therein that this FIR has been planted upon him by the police by making concocted and false story after due deliberations and consultations. That fact is very much clear from the contents of the FIR itself. He has not even remotely concerned with any such alleged episode . He is neither member of any such gang nor he had stolen or sold any such Crl. Misc. No. M-31064 of 2011(O&M) -2- vehicle. As per the contents of the FIR, a secret information was received by the police that Ram Niwas @ Ramu and the present petitioner & others have constituted a gang, which was indulging in the theft of the motor vehicles and thereafter selling the same by changing the registration numbers and forging the documents. One such stolen vehicle make 'Tavera' bearing original registration number HR 55-M 9771 had been sold by this petitioner to one Sultan Singh after putting a forged number plate bearing registration number HR- 56A -0333. During the investigation that vehicle was recovered from the possession of Sultan Singh and the relevant documents were also taken into possession. The investigating agency has collected sufficient evidence against the present petitioner for his involvement in the theft and selling of motor vehicles. Such like gangs are operating in different parts of the country and they want to make easy money by stealing and selling the costly motor vehicles. It is only the custodial interrogation of the petitioner which will be in the interest of investigation. There is nothing on the record that the petitioner has been falsely involved. No ground is made out for grant of anticipatory bail. Dismissed. (GURDEV SINGH) JUDGE October 14, 2011 PARAMJIT