Crl.M.No.M-29078 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-29078 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:October 5, 2010 Shiv Kumar .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.D.K.Bhatti, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) Crl.M.No.51997 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Crl.M.No.M-29078 of 2010 The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.94, dated 8.5.2008, under Sections 406, 409, 420, 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Phillaur, District Jalandhar. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the impugned order passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, vide which application filed on behalf of the present petitioner for anticipatory bail was dismissed. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he alongwith co-accused in connivance with each other including the then bank Manager, namely, Mohan Kumar, withdrawn amount of Rs.39,48,384/- belonging to different customers from the various accounts of the Canara Bank by forging cheques. It came during investigation that the present petitioner -accused also forged and fabricated a cheque of the amount of Rs.5 lacs on the basis of which the amount was withdrawn. The case is at the initial stage of investigation. Entire conspiracy is to be unearthed. It is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Rather, his custodial Crl.M.No.M-29078 of 2010 (O&M) -2- interrogation is necessary. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Shiv Kumar for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 5.10.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge