IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc M- 30839 of 2009 Date of decision: 5.4.2010 Gurbhej Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and anr …Respondents Present: Mr PKS Phoolka, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr VPS Sidhu, AAG Punjab. Mr Satwant Singh @ Satta – respondent-2 in person. S.S.SARON, J. Respondent-2 is present in person. Heard counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 380 and 506 IPC. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of respondent-2. It is alleged by him that from his newspaper office i.e. ‘Dainik Jagran’ near Bus Stand, Mansa, a Camera Model A630-3990 of Cannon make has been stolen. The price of the Camera was Rs 18,000/-. The Camera has been stolen by the petitioner and the petitioner had forgot his handkerchief in his office. The conduct of the petitioner is stated to be suspicious. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the FIR has been registered due to political rivalry and the petitioner is in no way involved in the theft of the Camera. Cr Misc M-30839 of 2009 2 Learned counsel for the State has submitted that the handkerchief of the petitioner was recovered from the office of the complainant and the custody of the petitioner is required as despite his joining the investigation on several occasions, the case has not made any progress. After giving my thoughtful consideration to the contentions of the respective parties, it may be noticed that the complainant has given the Model number of the Camera that was stolen. The Camera belongs to the newspaper – Dainik Jagran. The handkerchief of the petitioner has been recovered from the office of the complainant. Despite the petitioner joining the investigation on several occasions, the Camera in question has not been recovered till date. The prosecution requires the custody of the petitioner for carrying out effective and complete investigation in the case. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, no ground is made out for the grant of pre-arrest bail. This petition is accordingly dismissed. 5.4.2010 ( S.S.SARON ) ASR Judge