Criminal Misc. No. M-23007 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-23007 of 2009 Date of decision : 23.02.2011 Vishal Malhotra ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Rajnish K. Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. R.K. Nihalsinghwala, Addl. Advocate General Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner vide FIR No. 309 dated 21.07.2010 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 474 & 120-B IPC at Police Station Civil Line, Amritsar. Learned State counsel, on instructions from S.I. Joginder Singh, who is present in court, points out at the outset that during the investigation the petitioner has been found innocent. She has referred to para 3 of the affidavit of Sub Inspector Joginder Singh dated 17.02.2011which reads thus:- “That the petitioner made himself available on 08.12.2010 before the deponent and during the investigation the petitioner has been found innocent and not required at this stage.” Criminal Misc. No. M-23007 of 2009 2 She submits that in view of above, the present petition has been rendered infructuous. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner is not in a position to dispute the averments made hereinabove. In view of above, this petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous. February 23, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE