IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-19068 of 2011 Date of decision: 21.6.2011 Arun Verma .. Petitioner vs. State of Haryana .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Sanjay Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who was a Commission Agent in a deal for sale of house to the complainant by Rahul Kumar claiming himself to be the owner of the property, which in fact, was not owned by him but was owned by Anu Malhotra. Though learned counsel for the petitioner sought to state that the petitioner did not know about this fact and a specific clause had been put in the agreement to sell that the vendor/seller is bound to get the sale deed registered in the name of the vendee from its true owner, but the fact remains that the petitioner, who was a Commission Agent, did not ensure that the person who was selling the property through him was in fact either the real owner or had a valid power of attorney executed in his favour by the true owner of the property. In the aforesaid circumstances, he cannot be absolved of his responsibility. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. ( Rajesh Bindal ) Judge 21.6.2011 mk