In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-24498 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 23.8.2010 Manjit Kaur ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Gurcharan Dass, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 118 dated 22.6.2010 under Sections 420, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Salem Tabri, Ludhiana City. The allegations against the petitioner are that she had sold the land to her husband after obtaining loan jointly in her own name and in the name of her husband. Husband of the petitioner sold the land to Amarjit Singh. Thereafter, purchaser Amarjit Singh, has obtained a housing loan in his own name and in the name of his Criminal Misc. No.M-24498 of 2010 (O&M) -2- wife by mortgaging the same property. Amarjit Singh further sold the property to Santokh Raj vide sale deed dated 23.4.2004 and Santokh Raj then took a housing loan from the bank in his own name and in the name of his wife by mortgaging the same property. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the opinion that the instant petition deserves to be dismissed. Serious allegations have been levelled against the petitioner in the FIR. Custodial interrogation of the petitioner might be necessary. Hence, no ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is made out. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE August 23, 2010 anita