Petitioner sought anticipatory bail for forging documents to sell common panchayat land. Court dismissed bail application citing offence seriousness and petitioner's status as proclaimed offender.
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CRM No. M-31025 of 2012
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CRM No. M-31025 of 2012 Date of decision: 03.12.2012
Ajaib Singh v.
Petitioner
State of Punjab Respondents
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN
Present: Mr. PKS Phoolka, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Sandeep Goyal, Addl. AG, Punjab
JITENDRA CHAUHAN,J
The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under section 438 Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 120 dated 23.10.2010, under sections 420/465/467/471/120-B IPC and under section 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulations), Act, 1961, registered at P.S Raman, Bhatinda.
Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner is a retired person aged 60 years and he has never sold the panchayat land, infact he has sold his own land.
On the other hand, learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Charanjit Singh, submits that the petitioner sold the mushtarka malkan (common panchayat land) after preparing false documents. Petitioner was declared as proclaimed offender on 3.1.2012 by the court of Sub Divisional
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Judicial Magistrate, Talwandi Sabo.
Keeping in view the seriousness and gravity of the offence and the fact that petitioner is a proclaimed offender, no case for grant of bail is
made out. Dismissed.
(JITENDRA CHAUHAN) JUDGE
3.12.2012 MS
1 issue framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to a proclaimed offender accused of selling panchayat land via false documents.
3 provisions across 3 enactments
Ajaib Singh
State of Punjab
Jitendra Chauhan
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