JUDGMENT Mr. Mehinder Singh Sullar, J.(Oral):- Petitioner-Rachhpal Singh son of Gian Singh, has preferred the instant petition for the grant of anticipatory bail in a case registered against him along with his other co-accused, namely, Jagtar Singh @ Jugraj Singh son of Amar Singh and others, by virtue of FIR No.07 dated 08.01.2011, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 471 and 120-B IPC, by the police of Police Station Ajnala, District Amritsar(Rural), invoking the provisions of Section 438 Cr.P.C. 2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State. 3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record with their valuable help and after considering the entire matter deeply, to my mind, the present petition for anticipatory bail deserves to be accepted in this context. 4. It is not a matter of dispute that, petitioner-Rachhpal Singh is stated to have attested the agreement to sell. No other role or overt-act is attributed to him. Jagtar Singh @ Jugraj Singh, co-accused of the petitioner, has already been granted the concession of anticipatory bail by this Court, by way of order dated 20.07.2012 in CRM No.M-25441 of 2011. Therefore, I see no reason not to extend the same benefit of anticipatory bail to the present petitioner under the same set of circumstances. 5. Moreover, interim anticipatory bail was granted, to enable the petitioner to join the investigation by this Court, by means of order dated April 22, 2013. At this stage, on the instructions from ASI Pargat Singh, learned State Counsel has acknowledged the factual matrix and submitted that the petitioner has already joined the investigation. He is no longer required for further interrogation, at this stage. There is no history of his previous involvement in any other criminal case. All the offences alleged against the accused are triable by the Court of Magistrate. Even, since the police has not submitted the final police report(challan), so, the conclusion of trial will naturally take a long time. 6. In the light of aforesaid reasons and taking into consideration the totality of other facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as discussed here-in-above, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is accepted.
Even, since the police has not submitted the final police report(challan), so, the conclusion of trial will naturally take a long time. 6. In the light of aforesaid reasons and taking into consideration the totality of other facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as discussed here-in-above, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is accepted. The interim bail already granted to the petitioner by this Court, vide order dated April 22, 2013, is hereby made absolute, subject to the compliance of the conditions, as contemplated under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Needless to mention that, in case, the petitioner does not cooperate or join the investigation, the prosecution would be at liberty to move a petition for cancellation of his bail, in this respect. ---------0.B.S.0------------