IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-38128 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: February 10, 2011 Iqbal Singh. …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab. … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Narinder S. Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, D.A.G., Punjab, for the respondent-State. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) This is an application seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 187, dated 06.12.2010, under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Dakha, District Ludhiana. CRM M-38128 of 2010 The allegation against the petitioner is that he has wrongly verified the address of Jaswinder Singh thereby helping him to get the second passport by playing fraud on the department. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently argued that under the provision of the Passport Act or any rules and regulations, Sarpanch is not supposed to give any report and passport is issued after calling the report from the local police, as well as, from the Intelligence Unit. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further stated that wrong report was submitted by Head Constable of the police and petitioner is being implicated to save the police official, who has given false and wrong report. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, present petition is allowed. Order dated 24.12.2010 is made absolute, subject to the limitations provided under Section 438(2) of the Code. Petitioner-accused shall participate in the investigation as and when he is required. February 10, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 2 CRM M-38128 of 2010 3