CRM No. M-27069 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-27069 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 30, 2011 Suresh Kumar s/o Sh. Manvir Singh .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab ..... RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. Sunil Toni, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.S.Pannu, DAG, Punjab * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has not tempered with the record, which is alleged to have been done by him as per the FIR. He contends that M/s S.B. Printers, of which the petitioner is the Proprietor, was given an order to supply 1,80,000 text books. It is an allegation that out of 1,80,000 text books, only 1,59,457 text books were actually supplied, however, the petitioner raised a bill for the total order of 1,80,000 text books. He contends that as per the allegations CRM No. M-27069 of 2011 2 in the FIR, the books, which have been supplied by the petitioner to the depots, there is a tempering inflating the figures by overwriting or adding some figures therein. He contends that for this, the petitioner cannot be held liable. That apart, he contends that the petitioner has not been paid any money although the petitioner has raised the bill and, therefore, no monetary loss, as of now, has been caused to the Punjab School Education Board. The petitioner is ready and willing to join investigation and co-operate with the same. On the other hand, counsel for the respondent contends that not only has the petitioner raised the bill for the supply made by him inflating the number of books actually supplied to the depots but has even raised the bill for the books, which he has not even supplied. In this regard, reference has been made to two bills raised with regard to Moga Depot and Bathinda Depot where in fact, 6,585 copies of Samajik Sikhiya Part-I have been supplied whereas 6,585 text books of Samajik Sikhiya Part-2 have not been supplied although bill for these also have been raised. Similarly, at Bathinda 8,375 text books of Samajik Sikhiya Part-I have been supplied and 8,375 text book of Samajik Sikhia Part-2 have not been supplied although the bill has been raised for this supply as well. That apart, he contends that the bills, which have been raised by the petitioner are duly supported by an affidavit. The paper was supplied by the Punjab School Education Board and till date, the said paper is lying with the petitioner which has to be recovered from him. A full fledged enquiry was conducted by Sh. O.P.Garg, Additional Sessions Judge (Retd.) and on going through the records and verifying all the documents, the petitioner has been found to have indulged in the offences, for which FIR has been registered against him. He, on this basis, prays that the concession of anticipatory bail be not granted to the petitioner. CRM No. M-27069 of 2011 3 I have heard the counsel for the parties and have gone through the records of the case. In the light of the allegations made in the FIR, which have come in the submissions made by the counsel for the petitioner and the submissions made by the counsel for the respondent, I am of the view that the petitioner is not entitled to the concession of anticipatory bail in the light of his conduct and in the light of the fact that recovery is still to be effected from him. Dismissed. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) September 30, 2011 JUDGE pj