Crl.M.No.M-18515 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-18515 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 2, 2010 Pawan Kumar @ Bittu .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.N.S.Dandiwal, Advocate for the petitioner. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.95, dated 18.6.2010, under Sections 420, 406 IPC, registered at Police Station City South, Moga. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully. Brief allegations against the petitioner-accused are that he received a sum of Rs.25 lacs from complainant Hardev Singh on the pretext of sending him to Canada. However, instead of sending him to Canada, he accompanied him to Malaysia and then to Thailand. He had taken money from the complainant in installments every time promising him that he will be sent to Canada and that his case for visa was pending in Canadian Embassy. He also even forged a visa from Canadian Embassy just to convince the complainant that he got visa for Canada. He was left alone in Thailand by the petitioner-accused from where he was deported by Thailand authorities after expiry of visa. The said amount is yet to be recovered form the petitioner- accused. Hence, it is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner-accused. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioner- Crl.M.No.M-18515 of 2010 (O&M) -2- Pawan Kumar @ Bittu for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 2.7.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge