Crl. Misc No. M 31023 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M 31023 of 2011 Date of decision : October 31, 2011 Virender Singh, ...... Petitioner v. State of Haryana and another, ...... Respondents *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. L.R.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manmohan Sikka, DAG Haryana *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioner seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.30, dated 23.8.2011, registered under Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, at Police Station State Vigilance Bureau, Gurgaon. On 14.10.2011, the following contention was noticed :- “ Learned counsel has argued that this false FIR has been engineered against the petitioner by one Harpal Singh who is an employee of the State Vigilance Bureau and is also a resident of the petitioner's village with whom long criminal litigation had taken place.” Counsel for the petitioner has further argued that apart from the above arguments, the fact is that the petitioner has repeatedly joined the investigation for a period of more than two years and that it was only after thorough inquiry that the present FIR was lodged and, therefore, at this Crl. Misc No. M 31023 of 2011 ::2:: stage it cannot be said that the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is required. Counsel for the respondent, on instructions from Inspector Mahavir Singh has accepted the factual assertion that the petitioner has repeatedly joined the investigation. In this view of the matter, I am of the considered opinion that at this stage it would not be in the interest of justice to deny the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Consequently, the petitioner is directed to appear before the Investigating Officer on 9.11.2011 or on any other day on which the Investigating Officer requires his presence and in the event of his appearance, the petitioner shall be released on anticipatory bail by the Investigating Officer to his satisfaction subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) October 31, 2011. JUDGE `kk'