IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-13708 of 2009 Date of decision: 29th May, 2009 Charan Dass … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. A.S. Bhatti, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Sr. Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the State. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 82 dated 17.03.2009 registered at Police Station Sadar Hoshiarpur under Section 420 IPC. Counsel for the petitioner has relied upon Annexure P-2, inquiry conducted by the DSP, Hoshiarpur on 16th September, 2008, wherein it was recorded that the dispute between petitioner and the complainant was over the borrowed money and the allegation that the amount was parted by the complainant on pretext of going abroad is not proved. Counsel for the State, on instructions from Head Constable Dharam Singh, has stated that petitioner has to pay Rs.50,000/- to the complainant. Criminal Misc. No. M-13708 of 2009 Mr. A.S. Bhatti appearing for the petitioner has stated that the amount due is Rs.40,000/-. Mr. Bhatti, on instructions from the petitioner, who is present in Court, has stated that he is ready and willing to deposit Rs.40,000/- in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hoshiarpur within four months from today. Accordingly, petitioner is released on interim bail for a period of four months. In case petitioner keeps his word and deposits Rs.40,000/- in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hoshiarpur, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hoshiarpur shall accept the bail bonds of the petitioner. Non- deposit of the amount in pursuance of the offer made by the petitioner shall disentitle the petitioner for any relief of pre-arrest bail. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE May 29, 2009 rps 2