IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-22199 of 2009 Date of decision : September 24, 2009 Manjit Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab for respondent no. 1 L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Respondent no. 2 remains un-served. However, on oral prayer of learned counsel for the petitioner, name of respondent no. 2 complainant is deleted from the array of respondents. Manjit Singh has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 73 dated 15.6.2009 under sections 420, 468, 471 IPC, Police Station Sadar Tarn Taran. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, petitioner and his co- accused Nind Kaur were paid Rs 75,000/- and thereafter both of them along with another co-accused Yunis Masih were paid Rs 1,50,000/- and Rs Criminal Misc. No. M-22199 of 2009 -2- 75,000/- i.e. Rs 3 lacs in all, on the promise that they would provide job for the complainant's son as police constable. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that petitioner is only a daily wager and in fact, the money was paid to Yunis Masih only who was Congress leader and then Chairman of Khadi Board and was assuring persons to provide job. Learned State counsel on the other hand contended that in this case, money was paid to the petitioner as well as to the co-accused. I have carefully considered the rival contentions. Prima facie there is no reason why the petitioner would be falsely implicated if the entire money had been paid to Yunis Masih. There are specific allegations that money was paid to the petitioner as well. Anticipatory bail petition filed by co-accused Nind Kaur already stands dismissed. Petitioner is on parity with her. In view of the aforesaid but without meaning to express any opinion on merits, no case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. Dismissed. ( L.N. Mittal ) September 24, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'