IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-15351 of 2009 Date of decision: 30th May, 2009 Vipin … Petitioner Versus State of Haryana … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. G.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 34 dated 16.04.2007 registered at Police Station GRP Hisar under Sections 302, 201, 34 IPC. In the present case, FIR was registered on 16th April, 2007, when dead body of an unidentified person was found. Co-accused Mithai Lal @ Aklesh was put to trial and he has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Criminal appeal filed by Mithai Lal @ Aklesh bearing Criminal Appeal No. D-379-DB of 2009 is already on the regular board of this Court. During the whole trial, petitioner evaded arrest and was declared as Proclaimed Offender. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that except the confessional statement made by the co-accused Mithai Lal @ Aklesh, Criminal Misc. No. M-15351 of 2009 there is no evidence with the prosecution and it is a case of circumstantial evidence. It may be a mute point whether confession of co-accused is admissible or not, but it is sufficient to give lead to the investigating agency to proceed further in the matter. Therefore, no ground is made out to grant pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Custodial interrogation is required. Hence, present petition is dismissed. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE May 30, 2009 rps 2