IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 26407 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : March 16, 2009 Jai Pal Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Sunil Katyal, Sr. DAG Haryana Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 22 dated 10.6.2003 under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Rohtak. The petitioner was Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat from the year 1991 to 2000. He, in terms of order dated 7.1.2009 has deposited the alleged embezzled amount of Rs 2,10,857/- in the account of Gram Panchayat of village Barsalu, Block Nilokheri, District Karnal. It is fairly stated by learned State counsel that the petitioner has already joined the investigation and nothing is to be recovered from him. In this view of the matter, order dated 8.10.2008 whereby Criminal Misc. No. 26407 of 2008 (O&M) -2- interim anticipatory bail was granted to the petitioner by this Court, is made absolute. Criminal Misc. stands disposed of. ( Pritam Pal ) March 16, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'