Crl. Misc. No. M-30573 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-30573 of 2011 Date of Decision : November 23, 2011 Hawa Singh and another .... Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. D. D. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab for respondent no. 1. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Hawa Singh and Kuldip Singh have filed this petition for transit anticipatory bail in case FIR No.117 dated 27.05.2009, under Sections 420, 406 and 120 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station South Port, Kolkata City. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Learned counsel for the petitioners relied on judgment of this Court in the cae of Gurmit Kaur vs. U. T. Chandigarh reported as Crl. Misc. No. M-30573 of 2011 2 2006 (4) R. C. R. (Criminal) 710 to contend that this Court can grant interim bail for transitory period notwithstanding that the case is of Kolkata City. Allegations against the petitioners are that they did not pay for the tea bags supplied to them by the complainant. Counsel for the petitioners contended that payment was made through cheques, as mentioned in Annexure P-2. Be that as it may, without meaning to express any opinion on merits, in order to enable the petitioners to invoke the jurisdiction of competent Court for seeking anticipatory bail, the instant petition is disposed of with direction that in the event of arrest during the next 15 days or till the petitioners approach the Court of competent jurisdiction at Kolkata, whichever is earlier, the petitioners shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the conditions specified in Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. They shall join investigation as and when required by the police. November 23, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE