Crl. Misc. No. M-24055 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-24055 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 30.8.2010 Santokh Singh Gill ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Rajiv Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. RK Nihalsinghwala, Sr. DAG, Punjab. 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 406 & 420 IPC at Police Station Phillaur, District Jalandhar, vide FIR No.119 dated 2nd July, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that from a perusal of the FIR, no offence against the petitioner is made out. According to him, son of the complainant went to Malaysia and stayed there for two years. According to him, there was no promise to send son of the complainant to Canada. Learned State counsel has, however, opposed the prayer for bail. She submits that an amount of Rs.13.00 lacs was taken by the petitioner from the complainant on the pretext of arranging immigration of his son to Canada. In view of the allegations levelled in the FIR, the Crl. Misc. No. M-24055 of 2010 2 petitioner is not entitled to the concession of pre-arrest bail. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and given careful thought to the facts of the case. It is evident that the allegations against the petitioner are that he duped the complainant of an amount of Rs.13.00 lacs by promising that immigration of his son to Canada would be arranged. The son of the complainant was, however, not sent to Canada. Instead he was sent to Malaysia from where he was deported back to India after two years. In view of the seriousness of the allegations, the petitioner is not entitled to the concession of pre-arrest bail. Dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 30.8.2010 'rajpal'