Crl.M.No.M-28771 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-28771 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:September 29, 2010 Palwinder Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.K.S.Bassi, Advocate for the petitioner. .... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.51429 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-28771 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.113, dated 12.8.2010, under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC, registered at Police Station Jhansa, District Kurukshetra. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra, vide which application filed on behalf of the present petitioner for anticipatory bail was dismissed. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he applied for a passport in the Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh, by attaching the copy of birth certificate as a proof of his correct date of birth. The said birth certificate was referred to the Chief Registrar, Births & Deaths, Haryana, Panchkula, for confirmation of genuineness of the same by passport authorities, and, however, it was reported that the birth certificate was fake. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has applied for passport through agent and that the forgery, if any, has Crl.M.No.M-28771 of 2010 (O&M) -2- been committed by the agent and not by the petitioner. The allegations against the petitioner-accused are very serious in nature. He applied for issuance of passport on the basis of a fake birth certificate. It is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Rather, his custodial interrogation is necessary. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Palwinder Singh for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 29.9.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge