IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-6914 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: March 17, 2011 Hardeep Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.F.S. Virk, Advocate for the petitioner .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 279,304-A IPC and sections 302,120-B,201 IPC (added later on) vide FIR No.131 dated 24.12.2008 at police station Ghagga, District Patiala. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that offences under sections 302,120-B,201 IPC have been added 2½ years after the occurrence. According to him, possibility of false implication of the petitioner cannot be ruled out and thus, he is entitled to concession of pre- arrest bail. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner. A cyclist was found dead on 24.12.2008 at Samana- Patran road. Son of the deceased, namely, Tarsem Singh made a statement to the police. On the basis of same, FIR under section 279/304-A IPC was registered. Since police could not unravel the crime, it put in an untraced report on 26.5.2009. On 22.10.2010, however, a person namely Pargat Singh was arrested in another case in the area of police station Bhawanigarh. Said person suffered a disclosure statement wherein he disclosed that Hardeep Singh (petitioner herein) in conspiracy with other accused Satnam Singh had murdered the cyclist, namely, Gurdev Singh. According to him, accused killed the deceased as he used to stop his daughter from having illicit relation with Satnam Singh, a married man. A motorcycle and Indica car are stated to have been used in the commission of crime. In view of the fact that the investigating agency has now found a clue to proceed ahead with the investigation, I am of the considered view that custodial interrogation of the petitioner may be necessary. Under the circumstances, no ground for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner is made out. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. March 17, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE