Crl. Misc. No. M-35911 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-35911 of 2011 Date of Decision : December 13, 2011 Harjinder Singh .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Sachin Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Harjinder Singh has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No.186 dated 17.10.2011, under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code (in short – IPC), registered at Police Station Chheheratta, District Amritsar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, on receipt of secret information that petitioner and his co-accused relative Harpinder Singh Crl. Misc. No. M-35911 of 2011 2 indulged in theft of motorcycles and scooters and sold the same after preparing forged Registration Certificates (RCs) and number plates, naka was held. Two persons came on motorcycle. Pillion rider fled away on seeing the police. Motorcycle driver was apprehended at the spot. He was Harpinder Singh @ Sonu. He also disclosed that the pillion rider, who had run away, was Harjinder Singh – the present petitioner. The motorcycle was found to be stolen one with false number plate. Harpinder Singh also got recovered another stolen motorcycle with forged RC. Counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that the petitioner is employed as Chowkidar in NCC and was on his duty on 17.10.2011 at the time when the occurrence is said to have taken place, as depicted by photocopy of Attendance Register (Annexure P-2). Reference has also been made to Certificate (Annexure P-3) depicting the duty time of the petitioner to be from 04:00 P.M. to 09:30 A.M. The petitioner was named by secret informer and has also been named by co-accused Harpinder Singh, who is also relative of the petitioner. The prosecution version is that both the accused indulged in theft of two- wheelers and sold the same after preparing forged documents. Even at the time of occurrence, both the accused were allegedly riding the stolen motorcycle with false registration number and petitioner's co-accused also got recovered another motorcycle with forged RC. Keeping in view the aforesaid, but without meaning to express Crl. Misc. No. M-35911 of 2011 3 any opinion on merits of the case, I do not find it to be a fit case to extend the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Dismissed. December 13, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE