In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M- 12422 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 10.5.2010 Inderjit Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 65 dated 23.3.2010 under Sections 363/ 366-A of the Indian Penal Code (“IPC” for short), registered at Police Station Model Town Ludhiana City. The contents of the FIR, as reproduced in para 1 of the petition, read as under:- “ It is stated that I am resident of above mentioned address and work as sound operator in Criminal Misc. No.M- 12422 of 2010 (O&M) -2- Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana. I was married to Narinder Kaur daughter of Gurbachan Singh r/o Kanpur (UP) in the year 1996 as per sikh rites and ceremonies. I have one son and two daughters from this marriage. About five years back I took panchayati divorce from my wife Narinder Kaur and my son and younger daughter Gagandeep Kaur and my wife started living separately from me and my daughter Jaspreet Kaur @ Simran age about 13 years lives with me. My mother Surinder Kaur also lives with me. Inderjit Singh R/o H.No. 1099, Casino Ice-Cream Wali Gali, Village Jawadi, Ludhiana use to come to Gurdwara Sahib and had bad intention towards my daughter Jaspreet Kaur @ Simran on which I many times stopped him from this. Inderjit Singh took away my daughter Jaspreet Kaur @ Simran by enticing her on 3.8.2009. On my enquiry I came to know that he runs sex racket in the name of marriage bureau and he has kept many girls which he supplies to people and I suspect that the above mentioned accused might be getting wrong work done from my daughter. Till now I have been searching my daughter Jaspreet Kaur @ Simran on my own but could not find her. My daughter Jaspreet Kaur @ Simran may be got returned to me and legal action be taken against Criminal Misc. No.M- 12422 of 2010 (O&M) -3- the accused.” After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I am of the opinion that no ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is made out. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature. The minor daughter of the complainant has since not been recovered. As per the learned State counsel the petitioner is required for custodial interrogation. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE May 10, 2010 anita