Crl. Misc. No. M-2879 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-2879 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 2.2.2011 Kulwant Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vivek K. Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre- arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 380, 420, 467, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Rajpura City, District Patiala, vide FIR No.245 dated 6th November, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case and she is ready to cooperate with the investigating agency. She is, thus, entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. It appears that the petitioner had recently preferred a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking same relief, which was dismissed by a detailed order dated January 20, 2011 (Annexure P-16). Within a week thereafter, the petitioner has preferred the instant petition without explaining any change of circumstance. The averments made in the petition are almost same as made in the earlier petition bearing Crl. Misc. No. M-2879 of 2011 Crl. Misc. No. M-478 of 2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to explain how the instant petition is maintainable in view of the detailed order passed recently by this court (Annexure P-16). The FIR was registered on 6th November, 2010 and petitioner did not cooperate with the investigating agency when granted interim bail by the Sessions Court. Her plea was, thus, dismissed by the Sessions Court on 20th December, 2010 (Annexure P-14). The petitioner has evaded the process of law for sufficient long period and delayed the investigation. Her custodial interrogation may be necessary for taking the investigation to its logical end. There is, thus, no merit in the petition. Dismissed. In view of the fact that no explanation is forthcoming for filing the instant petition after dismissal of similar plea merely a week ago, exemplary cost is required to be imposed. The petition is, thus, dismissed with Rs.20,000/- as costs. The costs shall be remitted to Punjab Legal Services Authority, Chandigarh. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 2.2.2011 'rajpal'