CRM No. M-7982 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-7982 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 23.03.2009 Masood Alam Sadiqi ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. A.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 406, 420 & 120-B IPC, vide FIR No.43 dated 9th February, 2008. The allegations against the petitioner are that he took 16-17 lacs of rupees from the complainant on the pretext of sending her son abroad. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner, who is a resident of Mumbai, has been falsely implicated in this case. According to the counsel, no useful purpose will be served by subjecting the petitioner to custodial interrogation. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and gone through the contents of the FIR. I am of the considered view that allegations against the petitioner are very serious in nature. He has duped the complainant of CRM No. M-7982 of 2009 2 lacs of rupees with the promise of sending her son abroad. Under the circumstances, I find no ground for grant of concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. On the other hand, his custodial interrogation will be absolutely necessary for taking the investigation to its logical end. The anticipatory bail application is thus dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE March 03, 2009 'rajpal'