CRM-M-33340-2011 [ 1 ] :::::::: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-33340-2011 Date of decision:15.11.2011 Baljinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Ms. Naveen Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Govind Ram Sharma, Advocate, for the complainant. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This is a petition for grant of pre-arrest bail in a case registered vide FIR No.78 dated 17.12.2010, under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC at Police Station Sadiq, District Faridkot. One Hardev Singh made a complaint that Puran Singh, father of the petitioner died on 02.02.2009. His Bhog Ceremony took place on 11.02.2009 at Gurudwara Baba Brahm Dass, but the petitioner moved an application to the office of Sub Registrar (Births and Deaths), Civil Surgeon, Faridkot alongwith an affidavit that his father Puran Singh died on 12.05.2009. It was also alleged that Jaswant Singh, who is the real nephew of Puran Singh, is in the habit of forging documents as a result of which 12 criminal cases of forgery are pending against him. The said Jaswant Singh had also appeared before the Halqa Patwari to get a report by recording the date of death of Puran CRM-M-33340-2011 [ 2 ] :::::::: Singh as 12.05.2009 and in order to prove the said date of death, photograph of Bhog Ceremony of Puran Singh was again published in the newspaper on 21.05.2009. At the time of notice of motion, it was argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and Jaswant Singh had given wrong date of death of his father. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the available record. It has been argued by the learned counsel for the complainant that the petitioner is a nominee in the LIC policy taken on 22.04.2010 for a sum of `9 lacs much after the death of Puran Singh on 02.02.2009 and had also filed his affidavit duly attested by the Executive Magistrate, to the Registrar (Births and Deaths), Faridkot in which he had given the date of death of his father as 12.05.2009. It is, thus, submitted that the petitioner cannot claim himself to be innocent or ignorant and is directly involved in this case of fraud. Keeping in view facts and circumstances of the case, I do not find any merit in the present petition and hence, the same is hereby dismissed. November 15, 2011 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) vinod* JUDGE