Criminal Misc.-M No. 26088 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 26088 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.9.2011 Leela Singh alias Hardev Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Binderjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P. S. Bajwa, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who is an accused in FIR No. 60 dated 9.8.2011, registered under Section 61 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, Police Station, Sadar Rampura, Tehsil Phul, District Bathinda. At the time of raid conducted on the basis of secret information, 35 litres of illicit liquor was recovered from the petitioner. On the last date of hearing, learned counsel for the State had pointed out that the petitioner is involved in three other similar cases, in one out of which he has been convicted. He did not dispute the fact that in one case bearing FIR No. 51 dated 20.4.2002, Police Station, Rampura, the petitioner having confessed his guilt was convicted and released on probation on 28.11.2002. In second case bearing FIR No. 31 dated 27.2.2006, Police Station, Rampura, the petitioner was acquitted. A perusal of the judgment in that case shows that it was inter alia on the ground that Criminal Misc.-M No. 26088 of 2011 [2] recovery memo did not contain the FIR number or the name of the accused to connect the recovery from the accused therein. Considering the antecedents of the petitioner, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 16.9.2011 mk