Crl. Misc. No.M-18443 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-18443 of 2011 Date of Decision: September 16, 2011 Vijay Kumar …..Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.Sukhjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Sushma Chopra, Addl.A.G. Haryana. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of Dr.Neelam Dogra, Deputy Civil Surgeon-cum- Nodal Officer, alleging that the petitioner was appointed as District Programme Manager by District Health and Family Welfare Society, Ambala, on contract basis. During the year 2009-10, a united grant amounting to ` 43.20 lacs at the rate of ` 10000/- for each Village Level Committee (VLC) was released by District Health and Family Welfare Crl. Misc. No.M-18443 of 2011 [2] Society, Ambala on July 14, 2009 to the programme officer. The amount was to be distributed in 432 Village Level Committees in Ambala District. Various articles and medical equipments were purchased by Village Legal Committees through the petitioner. The petitioner had allegedly pressurized various Village Level Committees to accept supplies and pass a resolution for such purchases and to make cash payment of bill amounts to him. A fact finding enquiry has been made by C.P. Malhotra, Manager Accounts and Sanjeev Jain, Accounts Officer. On the basis of their report, the complaint was filed by Civil Surgeon, Ambala. Counsel for the petitioner has vehemently contended that the petitioner had no authority to deal with the financial matters under any scheme and that it was not the duty of the petitioner at any stage to disburse the amount under any scheme. After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and the State counsel and going through the entire police file, it is prima facie apparent from the statements recorded by the investigating officer that the petitioner had persuaded the members of various Village Level Committees to pass resolution to get the supplies against the fictitious bills. It has also transpired during investigation that the petitioner attached bogus and fabricated quotations of the firm with forged bills of supplies made to the Village Level Committees and himself received the payments from the Village Level Committees. The statements of Anganwari workers to that effect have also been recorded. Statements of proprietors of various firms have also been recorded pointing needle of suspicion towards petitioner and Crl. Misc. No.M-18443 of 2011 [3] his active participation in the embezzlement of the amounts by receiving the same in cash from the Village Level Committees. I do not find any force in the contention of learned counsel for the petitioner that as per the information supplied through Nodal Officer, the petitioner was not authorized signatory with no financial power relating to the grant of VLC. In view of the seriousness of the allegations, no extraordinary exceptional circumstances exist to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Dismissed. September 16, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE