Crl. Misc. No. M-29315 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-29315 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 21.11.2011. Harpal Singh and another .......Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI Present: Mr. S.S.Salar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Kirat Singh Sidhu, DAG, Punjab. ..... M.M.S.BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioners seek concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of Gurdial Singh, complainant alleging that Gurdial Singh and Harjit Singh had taken insurance policies from ICICI Bank and installments of policies handed over by the policy holders were not deposited by the petitioners with the insurance company. A perusal of the police file reflects that it is Jagpal Singh-petitioner No.2 who holds the agency of insurance company. Even as per the allegations, money had been paid to Jagpal Singh. There is no specific attribution to Harpal Singh of having defrauded the complainant. Petitioner No.1 Harpal Singh can be granted the concession of pre-arrest bail. No ground is made out to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to Jagpal Singh against whom there are direct allegations of having Crl. Misc. No. M-29315 of 2011 (O&M) -2- misappropriated the amount. The petition is allowed qua Harpal Singh and is dismissed qua Jagpal Singh. It is ordered that in case of arrest of Harpal Singh he will be released on bail on his furnishing of bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the arresting officer subject to the following conditions:- (i) He will join the investigation as and when required; and (ii) He will not tamper with the evidence or hamper investigation in any manner. Disposed of. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE November 21, 2011 Gurpreet