CRM NO.M-3399 OF 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM NO.M-3399 OF 2011 DECIDED ON- 09.02.2011 Massa Singh ……PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab ……RESPONDENT Coram HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Mohd. Yousuf, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Veneet Sharma, Advocate for complainant. RAJAN GUPTA, J(Oral) This is a petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 420, 465, 467, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Ajnala, District Amritsar vide FIR No. 7 dated 8.1.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is not involved in this commission of crime in any manner nor the agreement to sell bears his thumb impression. He is being falsely implicated by the police in the case. The petitioner is thus entitled to concession of pre-arrest of bail. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, submits that the petitioner Massa Singh entered into an agreement to sell with Santokh Singh on 1.7.2010 and took Rs.25,00,000/- from him. The same land was later on sold to the complainant from whom Santokh Singh took Rs.29,00,000/-. After taking the said amount, he got an agreement executed CRM NO.M-3399 OF 2011 -2- in favour of Santokh Singh. He submits that keeping in view the nature of crime, the petitioner is not entitled to concession of pre arrest bail. Heard. According to allegations, the petitioner alongwith co-accused duped the complainant huge amount of money. Even Santokh Singh is stated to be not the real person. His real name being Harbans Singh. Keeping in view the nature of crime and the fact that the investigating agency is yet to unravel modus operandi thereof, no ground for pre arrest bail is made out. Petition is without any merit and the same is hereby dismissed. 09.02.2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA) mamta JUDGE