Crl.M.No.M-13359 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-13359 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: May 7, 2010 Sohan Lal alias Sonu .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Anupam Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.292, dated 6.12.2008, under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, registered at Police Station Islamabad, District Amritsar. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully. The allegations against the petitioner are that he alongwith co- accused was found in possession of a stolen motor-cycle with fake number plate and forged documents. Though co-accused have been arrested and, however, petitioner succeeded in running away. His name and complete address have been mentioned in the FIR. FIR was lodged on the basis of secret information that petitioner-accused alongwith co-accused has formed a gang and they indulged in stealing vehicles from the city and after affixing fake numbers and preparing forged documents, they used to sell the same to innocent people by committing fraud upon them. Name of the petitioner- accused was also disclosed by co-accused. Hence, in view of these facts, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner- accused. Rather custodial interrogation of the petitioner is necessary for complete investigation of the case. Crl.M.No.M-13359 of 2010 (O&M) -2- Hence, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner-Sohan Lal alias Sonu for grant of anticipatory bail is dismissed being devoid of any merit. 7.5.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge