IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-26709 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : 23.9.2009 Harjit Singh ....Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present: Mr.Vishal Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. .... MAHESH GROVER, J. This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. praying for release of the petitioner in terms thereof in a case registered vide FIR No.175 dated 29.7.2009 under Sections 419/420/467/468/471 IPC, at Police Station Division No.5, Civl Lines, Ludhiana. The petitioner allegedly stood guarantor for two persons who had obtained loan from the bank for the purchase of house. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that he is merely a guarantor and not a beneficiary and, therefore, he deserves the concession of bail as he has been falsely implicated. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered opinion that the petitioner does not deserve this concession for the reason that the impugned order shows that he was Crl.Misc.No.M-26709 of 2009 (O&M) -2- granted interim protection on the condition that he will disclose the particulars of the persons for whom he had stood a guarantor when they had taken the loan from the bank. The petitioner obviously has not cooperated with the investigating agency and he has not disclosed the particulars. That apart, the facts clearly reveal that there is a deep rooted nexus between the two persons who have been accused of fraudulently taking the loan and the petitioner. No ground to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail. Dismissed. 23.9.2009 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss