Crl. Misc. No.M-22179 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-22179 of 2010 Date of Decision: 13.08.2010 Parkash Kaur Sharma ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S.S. Rangi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.S. Pannu, D.A.G., Punjab for the respondent-State. Mr. Vikas Bali, Advocate and Mr. Rajesh Chaudhary, Advocate for the complainant. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. This is a petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.137 dated 27.05.2010 under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B IPC registered at Police Station City Khanna, District Ludhiana. There is no allegation in the FIR against the present petitioner. In fact, her name does not appear in the FIR. Interim bail was granted to the petitioner by the trial Court while noticing the above facts. Accordingly, she has also joined the investigation. Her bail application has been dismissed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana vide Order dated Crl. Misc. No.M-22179 of 2010 2 21.07.2010 on the ground that Rs.15 lacs were handed over to Anish Sharma and to her mother Parkash Kaur i.e. the present petitioner, whereas, there is no such allegation levelled by the complainant in the FIR that any amount was ever handed over to the petitioner. Besides the fact that there is no allegation against her, the petitioner also deserves the concession of anticipatory bail in the facts of the present case, being a woman. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner, if arrested, shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall join investigation as and when required by the police and shall comply with conditions specified in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 13.08.2010 JUDGE gurpreet