IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-20428 of 2008 Date of decision: 9th January, 2009 Rajwant Kaur and another … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. M.L. Saggar, Senior Advocate with Mr. G.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG Punjab for the State. Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for the complainant. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Vide Criminal Misc. No.51767-M of 2007, Raj Naresh Singh had approached this Court for grant of pre-arrest bail. His bail application was declined. Aggrieved against the same, he has approached the Hon'ble Apex Court and had filed petition for special leave to appeal No.1408 of 2008. Counsel for the petitioner submits that Raj Naresh Singh has been granted anticipatory bail by Hon'ble Apex Court. Counsel further submits that the case of the petitioner is on a better footing than the case of Raj Naresh Singh. The counsel further states that there has been long drawn civil litigation between the parties. Six sale deeds were executed between 1997 to 2001. FIR was registered in September, 2007. Criminal Misc. No. M-20428 of 2008 This fact has been seriously controverted by Mr.Gurcharan Dass appearing for the complainant. He states that rather, the particulars have been concealed by Rajwant Kaur and Swarandeep Singh. They had sold the land to Raj Naresh Singh. In a connected case bearing Criminal Misc. No.M-19145 of 2008, Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG Punjab has made a statement that the investigation shall be concluded within a period of three months from today and a report under Section 173 Cr.P.C. shall be submitted. Petitioners were granted pre-arrest bail by Coordinate Bench. Petitioners are on pre- arrest bail since August 18, 2008. Interim bail for three months more will not make any difference to conclusion of the investigation. Once investigation is concluded, benefit of pre-arrest bail granted to the petitioners by Coordinate Bench will come to an end and they shall apply for regular bail. The trial Court, taking into consideration the evidence gathered in the form of statements and documents, shall decide the regular bail application of the petitioners, on merits, without taking any observation of this Court into consideration. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE January 9, 2009 rps 2