Crl.M.No.M-37591 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-37591 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 22, 2010 Bahadur Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Ms.Anjali Khosla, Advocate for Mr.Vikas Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.66725 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-37591 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.28, dated 17.5.2010, under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003, registered at Police Station Anti Power Theft, Patiala, District Patiala. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the impugned order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, vide which application filed on behalf of the present petitioner for anticipatory bail was dismissed. Briefly stated, it is a case of Kundi connection, i.e., the applicant was committing theft of energy by taking connection directly from the main line. The theft was deducted by a team of officials of Electricity Department. They also assessed compensation to the tune of Rs.51,552/- alongwith compounding fee of Rs.6000/-. Nothing has been deposited by the petitioner-accused so far. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Crl.M.No.M-37591 of 2010 (O&M) -2- In view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner-Bahadur Singh for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 22.12.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge