Criminal Misc.-M No. 24626 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 24626 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 23.8.2011 Balwinder Kumar @ Bablu .. Petitioner v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Kuldip Sanwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K. S. Pannu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, in FIR No. 82 dated 22.7.2010, under Sections 379, 427, 411, 413 IPC, Police Station Rangarh Nangal, Tehsil Batala, District Gurdaspur, which has been registered alleging theft of portion of motor having copper wire, which was sold for about ` 30,000/- in total. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. He has been named by the co-accused claiming that the stolen property was sold to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is merely carrying on small business of utensils including plastic wares. He has been falsely implicated in three cases by Amolakh Singh-SI in three different police stations. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submitted that other co-accused, who have been named in the FIR, stated in their Criminal Misc.-M No. 24626 of 2011 [2] disclosure statements that the stolen property was sold to the petitioner. In one earlier FIR registered against the petitioner, recovery of copper wire weighing about 11 kilograms was made from him as the petitioner is working as a kabaria. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the allegations in the FIR, where the petitioner has not been named, and further that the petitioner has been involved in three cases at different police stations by the same police officer, in my opinion, custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required. Let the petitioner join investigation and appear before the Investigating Officer on 2.9.2011 at 10.00 A.M. In case of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Arresting/Investigating Officer. He shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called upon for further investigation. He shall also be bound by all the conditions as contained in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 23.8.2011 mk