Crl. Misc. No.M-29767 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-29767 of 2011. Date of decision: November 11, 2011. Jaspal Singh .. Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Mr.A.S.Gill, Adv., for the petitioner. Mr.P.S.Bajwa, DAG., Punjab. M.M.S.BEDI, J (ORAL). Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of Judicial Magistrate First Class, informing the police that signatures of Presiding Officer of the Court of Shri P.N.Sharma, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalandhar, had been forged by an order of attachment of salary of Madan Chander and Rajinder Singh employees of Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the orders of attachment had been passed on the complainant of the petitioner under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act as the accused in the proceedings were declared as proclaimed offenders and were not attending the complaint proceedings. I have heard the counsel for the petitioner as well as gone through the record with the assistance of State counsel and find that there is an order dated 18.06.2010, purported to have been . . .1 Crl. Misc. No.M-29767 of 2011 signed by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalandhar and sent to the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, indicating that the slary of Madan Chander and Rajinder Singh be attached with a direction that drafts of attachment of salary of the employees should be sent directly to the complainant at their address. The said order was never passed. I have seen the original order. The petitioner being complainant in the proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and interested in the money which was to be recovered from the accused in the proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, cannot be said to be not connected with the fictitious letter which was sent to the General Manager, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. Counsel for the petitioner has further argued that the letter sent by Shri P.N.Sharma, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalandhar to the General Manager, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, actually bears the signatures of the Judicial Officer and the said order had been passed on the application of the petitioner. Since the FIR has been got registered by the Judicial Officer forming prima facie an opinion that signatures of the Judicial Officer are forged, I do not find any ground to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. The petition is dismissed without prejudice to the rights of the petitioner to seek the concession of regular bail. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE November 11, 2011. rka . . .2