Crl. Misc. No. M-6974 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-6974 of 2011 Date of decision : 8.3.2011 Ramphal ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Sudhanshu Makkar, Advocate for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC at Police Station Behal, District Bhiwani, vide FIR No.128 dated 23rd December, 2010. The FIR was lodged on the allegation that an embezzlement had been committed while executing development works allotted under MNREGA scheme. According to the FIR, B.S. Saini, Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Loharu in connivance with Suresh Kumar Gram Sachiv and Smt. Bedo Devi Ex-Sarpanch had committed the embezzlement. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that petitioner is not connected with the commission of crime in any manner. According to him, in the inquiry conducted by the Assistant Programme Officer, DRDA, only allegation against the petitioner is that he snatched Crl. Misc. No. M-6974 of 2011 the Gram Panchayat record and tampered with the same. He submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. The name of the petitioner is specifically mentioned in the FIR. Even during investigation, it was found that petitioner being son of Ex-Sarpanch Smt. Bedo Devi was looking after all the affairs of the office of Sarpanch on behalf of his mother and after snatching the record of the Gram Panchayat from the concerned officer, he also tampered with it. In view of the stand of the investigating agency regarding the role of the petitioner, I am of the considered view that he is not entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 8.3.2011 'rajpal'