Criminal Misc. No. M-15281 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-15281 of 2011 Date of decision : 24.05.2011 Sonia @ Rekha Rani ....Petitioner V/s State of Haryana ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Gorav Kathuria, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Sr. DAG, Haryana. Mr. T.R. Dhinda, Advocate for the complainant. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 86 dated 22.02.2011 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Central Faridabad District Faridabad. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that there is nothing on record to show complicity of the petitioner in the crime. Petitioner herself is a victim as she paid `9.00 lacs for the purchase of land and thus she is entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Learned State counsel has, however, opposed the prayer. He submits that petitioner had produced somebody to impersonate in place of Sudesh Kumar Sharma, the original owner of the land and got the sale-deed Criminal Misc. No. M-15281 of 2011 2 executed in her favour. She has, thus, committed a fraud and concession of pre-arrest bail cannot be extended to her. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. A complaint was lodged by Sanjeev Sharma who stated that his father had died on 10.06.2007. He came to know that one Sher Mohammad was interested in purchasing land measuring 01 bigha 13 biswas belonging to his father. The said land had already been sold and possession taken by somebody and he thus lodged a complaint. On 15.02.2011 Sher Mohammad called up the complainant that he could resolve the dispute by mediating between the two parties. When the complainant inquired from Halqa Patwari, he came to know that his property had been sold to Sonia (petitioner herein). She had produced someone as Sudesh Kumar Sharma and on 20.12.2010 got executed the sale-deed in her favour. She also got a mutation sanctioned on 14.01.2011. In view of nature of allegations, no case for grant of concession of pre-arrest bail is made out. The investigating agency may require custodial interrogation of the petitioner to unravel the modus-operandi of commission of crime. The petition is thus without any merit and is hereby dismissed. May 24, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE