IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-22401 of 2010 Date of Decision: 06.01.2011 Gurpreet Singh .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present : Mr. Anupam Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Kirat Singh Sidhu, DAG Punjab 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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? ALOK SINGH, J. (ORAL) Present petition is filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 4 dated 6.1.2009 registered under Section 420 IPC at Police Station Bhikhiwind Tarn Taran. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently argued that petitioner was not named in the FIR and he has been implicated in the inquiry conducted by Superintendent of Police (Security and Traffic) Tarn Taran on the application of wife of the accused. Present case is a case of human trafficking. The main allegation in the report of the inquiry conducted by the Superintendent of Police (Security and Traffic) Tarn Taran is that it is the petitioner accused who has taken money with false promise to arrange Passport and Visa of the complainant for Italy. Crl. Misc. No. M-22401 of 2010 2 Mr. Kirat Singh Sidhu, DAG Punjab on the instructions of Head Constable Satnam Singh who is present in person in the Court has stated that petitioner-accused has been involved earlier in the case of cheating in the year 2007 in case FIR No. 4 dated 19.1.2007 P.S. Batala. Learned counsel for the petitioner-accused states that earlier matter filed against the petitioner under Section 420 IPC has been settled. Be that as it may be prima facie accused seems to be involved in the case of cheating. No case for anticipatory bail is made out. Dismissed. (ALOK SINGH) 06.01.2011 JUDGE reena