CRM- M 35751 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M 35751 of 2011 Date of decision : December 20, 2011 Balwinder Singh, ...... Petitioner v. State of Punjab, ...... Respondent *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sumeet Abrol, AAG Punjab Mr. B.S.Sidhu, Advocate for the complainant. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioner seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.71, dated 7.4.2011, registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC, at Police Station City Khanna, Police District Khanna. The broad-brush allegations are that the complainant had purchased land and the vendor in conspiracy with the petitioner prepared an anti-dated agreement to sell to defeat the rights of the complainant. On 28.11.2011, the following contention was noticed :- “ Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the allegation that the agreement to sell was anti-dated is a subject matter of civil proceedings and in one inquiry CRM- M 35751 of 2011 ::2:: even the police had recommended that the matter should be got decided from the civil Court.” Counsel for the respondent, on instructions from HC Amar Singh, has accepted the fact that the question regarding the date of agreement to sell is pending before the civil Court. Counsel for the complainant has argued that even though this may be true yet another similar FIR has also been lodged against the petitioner. In my considered opinion, on a conspectus of all the facts the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner should not be denied. Consequently, the petitioner is directed to appear before the Investigating Officer on 27.12.2011 or on any other day on which the Investigating Officer requires his presence and in the event of his appearance, the petitioner shall be released on anticipatory bail to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) December 20, 2011. JUDGE `kk'