Crl. Revision No. 1698 of 2011 (O&M) -1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Revision No. 1698 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: 02.8.2011. Sharanjit Kaur .......Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Jagpal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... SABINA, J. Petitioner had faced the trial under Sections 406, 420 of the Indian Penal Code ('IPC' for short) in FIR No. 143 dated 06.7.2002 registered at Police Station Ropar. The trial court vide judgment and order dated 22.12.2009 convicted and sentenced the petitioner for an offence under Section 420 IPC. The said judgment and order of conviction and sentence were upheld by the appellate court, in an appeal filed by the petitioner, vide judgment dated 12.7.2011. Hence, the present petition by the accused. The prosecution story in brief was that Embassy of India had reported through Punjab Government Department of Home Affairs and Justice that some Indian workers had immigrated illegally to Ukraine and had been put under detention by Ukraine government. The relatives of the detainees were ordered to be contacted to know qua the details about their travel agents and to take necessary action against the said agents. The matter was duly inquired into by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarter), Crl. Revision No. 1698 of 2011 (O&M) -2 - Ropar and it transpired that Parminder Singh s/o Surjit Singh had illegally immigrated to Ukraine through Russia with the help of Sharanjit Kaur and her daughter Manjinder Pal Kaur @ Meeno and son-in-law Manpinder Singh. The accused had taken ` 2,86,000/- from the parents of Parminder Singh and, thereafter, they had sent Parminder Singh to a foreign country along with other Indian workers. During investigation petitioner was arrested. Manjinder Pal Kaur and Manpinder Singh, however, could not be arrested and were declared as proclaimed offenders. The prosecution, in order to prove its case, examined PW-1 Kulwant Kaur who deposed that she had withdrawn ` 5,000/- and had handed over the same to the petitioner on 02.6.2000. PW-2 Charanjit Kaur deposed that they had given ` 2,86,000/- in all to the petitioner for sending her son Parminder Singh to a foreign country. PW-3 Dalbara Singh had corroborated the statement of PW-2. PW-4 Rashpal Singh deposed that he had given ` 50,000/- to Dalbara Singh who had to send his sister's son to a foreign country. PW-5 Surjit Singh had also corroborated the statement of PW-2. Thus, in the present case, Parminder Singh along with others were found to have been illegally immigrated to Ukraine and were detained there. Thereafter, the matter was inquired into and it transpired that the petitioner had taken ` 2,86,000/- from the complainant to send her son to Italy. The prosecution, by examining the material witnesses, had been successful in proving its case. Learned counsel for the petitioner has failed to point out any misreading of evidence by the courts below. Thus, the offence of cheating was duly made out in the present case. Hence, no ground for interference by this court, in the Crl. Revision No. 1698 of 2011 (O&M) -3 - well reasoned judgments of the courts below, is made out. Dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE August 02, 2011 Gurpreet