Crl.Misc No M- 24907 of 2010 (O&M) Dr.Sumeet Sofat v. State of Punjab and others Present: Mr.R.S.Ghuman, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** Crl.Misc.No. 44343 of 2010 Crl.Misc.is allowed as prayed for. Crl.Misc.No. M-24907 of 2010 The present petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail has been filed on behalf of Dr.Sumeet Sofat in case FIR No. 365 dated 29.7.2009 registered under Sections 376,377,506,323,120-B IPC at Police Station Kotwali, District Dehradun, State Uttarkhand. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner is resident of State of Punjab and there is a possibility that he may be arrested from Punjab by the Dehradun police in the above-said case and since there is no provision for grant of anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C in the State of Uttarakhand, the petitioner can be granted anticipatory bail by this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that in view of the decisions of various High Courts, the petitioner has a right to apply for anticipatory bail in the High Court where the petitioner resides and from where he is likely to be arrested. I have heard the arguments of learned counsel for the petitioner and have also gone through the contents of the FIR Crl.Misc No M- 24907 of 2010 [2] registered against him. Although efforts have been made by the learned counsel for the petitioner for maintainability of the present petition on the basis of some judgments but he has not been able to make out a special case for grant of anticipatory bail on the ground that there is apprehension of arrest by the Dehradun police from the place where the petitioner is residing. The petitioner has also filed a similar petition bearing Crl.Misc.No.M-22222 of 2010 which has already been dismissed on 5.8.2010. No ground is made out to grant anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. (DAYA CHAUDHARY) August 26, 2010 JUDGE raghav