Crl.M. No. M- 7359 of 2009(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M- 7359 of 2009(O&M) Date of decision : 21.5.2009. ... Gurmeet Singh ................ Petitioner vs. State of Punjab .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. R.S. Rai, Senior Advocate with Sh. R.K. Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioner. Sh. A.P.S. Mann, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab ... K.C. Puri, J. (Oral) This is a petition for grant of regular bail to Gurmeet Singh – petitioner in FIR No. 239 dated 20.10.2008 under Sections 384/506/120-B IPC and under Section 13 (2) 88 of the P.C. Act, registered at Police Station City Kotkapura, District Faridkot. As per allegation of the prosecution, Deepak s/o Desa Singh has given an affidavit in which it is mentioned that on 16.10.2008 when he read the newspaper, he came to know that Head Constable Saroop Singh and his son Press Reporter Gurmeet Singh, residents of Kotkapura, have been arrested while committing fraud with some persons. He further stated that he is a transporter and has also got Crl.M. No. M- 7359 of 2009(O&M) -2- petrol pumps and that about 20-22 days ago he stopped near Kotkapura Milk Plant, while coming from Bathinda for supplying diesel and they forcibly and by threatening to implicate him in a false case, taken Rs.40,000/- from him and threatened him not to disclose this fact to anyone. It is further mentioned in the affidavit that there is a gang, which is working and due to fear he kept mum and now after reading the newspaper he has come to know that the abovesaid persons have committed the frauds. The accused is stated to be in custody since 20.10.2008. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that at the instance of father of the petitioner many FIRs, as alleged in paragraph No.4 of the petition, were recorded. So, without commenting on the merits of the case, bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. ( K.C. Puri ) 21.5.2009. Judge chugh