Crl.M.No.31277-M of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.31277-M of 2010 Date of Order: 17.11.2010 Gurmeet Kaur .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. S.S. Swaich, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer under Section 438 Cr.P.C is for grant of pre arrest bail in case FIR No.111 dated 8.10.2010 under Sections 420/465/468/471 IPC, P.S Banur, District Patiala (now SAS Nagar). Allegations against the petitioner-Gurmeet Kaur in the FIR lodged by Gurdip Kaur are that her son Kuldip Singh died on 30.6.2009 and the petitioner being the mother-in-law of Gurdip Kaur and residing with Kuldip Singh to take care of his children falsely showed herself to be the wife/widow of Kuldip Singh and thereby usurped part of his property by way of mutation of inheritance. It is further submitted that Sant Ram husband of the accused petitioner is still alive and has not legally divorced her. Learned state counsel, on instructions from HC Gurdeep Singh, concedes that in the application preferred by deceased Kuldip Singh for issuance of ration card, he had shown the petitioner as his wife. He further Crl.M.No.31277-M of 2010 #2# states that despite directions by this Court for the petitioner to present herself to join investigation on 8.11.2010, she has not joined investigation. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case and keeping in view the fact that the case of the prosecution is based on documentary evidence, petition is disposed of with the direction that in the event of her arrest, the petitioner shall be released on interim pre arrest bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting/Investigating Officer. She shall continue to join the investigation as and when called upon to do so and shall abide by all the conditions as envisaged under Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C. November 17, 2010 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE