Criminal Misc. No. M-35542 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35542 of 2010 Date of decision : 03.03.2011 Inderjit Kaur ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.S. Rangpuri, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Surinder Garg, Advocate for the complainant. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 190 dated 01.10.2010 under Sections 420, 468, 469 & 471 IPC at Police Station City, Sri Muktsar Sahib. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case only to put pressure on her family to repay the amount allegedly paid for sending the complainant abroad and thus she is entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Learned State counsel has, however, opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that a sum of `7 lacs was handed over to the petitioner and co-accused with the promise of sending the complainant abroad. He submits that there is another case (FIR No. 6 dated 04.01.2011 under Criminal Misc. No. M-35542 of 2010 2 Sections 420/34 IPC at Police Station Mukatsar City) registered against the petitioner on similar allegations. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. The FIR was lodged by Paramjit Singh (complainant) who alleged that accused-petitioner along with Gagandeep Singh and Sharanjit Kaur had cheated him and taken huge amount of money with the promise that he would be granted work permit in England. On 06.11.2008, a sum of `80,000 by way of cheque alongwith passport was given to the accused and on 14.02.2009 memorandum was also signed. Another amount of `2 lacs was given on 09.10.2009 and on 20.10.2009 the complainant reached England but there being no work permit he had to return. In view of nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner, no ground for granting the concession of pre-arrest bail is made out. The petition is devoid of merit and the same is hereby dismissed. March 03, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE