Criminal Misc. No.M-15419 of 2008 (O&M). (1) In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh. Criminal Misc. No.M-15419 of 2008 (O&M). Date of decision : 8.7.2008. Harnek Singh ..... Petitioner. vs. State of Punjab ..... Respondent. Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal. Present: Mr.Pawan Kumar, Senior Advocate with Mr.Swapan Sherry, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.A.S.Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajesh Bindal J. The petitioner who is posted as Inspectror with Punjab Police is an accused in FIR No.60 dated 4.6.2008, Police Station, Nathana, under Sections 384/34 IPC and Sections 7, 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The allegations against the petitioner are that he, in association with two ladies, namely, Raj Kaur and Kuljeet Kaur, extracted money from Narinder Singh complainant by trying to involve him in false case. In fact, the money was also collected from him. As per the allegations, the complainant paid the money to the petitioner after getting the same from his Commission Agent Kaka Kumar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has 30 years of unblemished service record. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to political rivalry as his brother-in-law had contested election on a Congress party ticket. He further submitted that the petitioner had proceeded on leave from 6.5.2008 to 26.5.2008, which was later on extended upto 31.5.2008. On the date alleged offence was committed, he was on leave. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submitted that the allegations against the petitioner are quite serious in nature. After the registration of the present case, another FIR no.71 dated 6.7.2008 was also registered against the petitioner where also the allegations are that the Criminal Misc. No.M-15419 of 2008 (O&M). (2) petitioner had tried to extract money from Natha Singh complainant with the threat of implicating him in a false case. He further submitted that though the petitioner is posted at Bathinda but he is residing at Jalandhar and on the date of occurrence, as per the mobile phone record, he was found in the area of Police Station, Nathana, where the alleged occurrence took place. Be that as it may, without opining on the merits of the controversy but looking at the seriousness of allegations, I do not find this is to be a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail. Dismissed. 8.7.2008 (Rajesh Bindal) vs. Judge