JUDGMENT Mr. Mehinder Singh Sullar, J.(Oral) - Petitioners-Sukhpal Singh son of S. Mohinder Singh and others, have preferred the instant petition for the grant of anticipatory bail, in a case registered against them, vide FIR No.271 dated 16.11.2013, on accusation of having committed the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 120-B IPC, by the police of Police Station Beas, District Amritsar. 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 assistance and after considering the entire matter deeply, to my mind, the present petition for anticipatory bail deserves to be accepted in this context. 4. At the very outset, the contentions of learned counsel that indeed petitioners have been cheated by the complainant, who has already sold their land for a sum of Rs.42 lacs, vide registered sale deed dated 29.07.2004, to the Dera Radha Sowami Satsang Beas and did not pay a single penny to the petitioners, have considerable force. Moreover, it is not a matter of dispute that the petitioners have already lodged a criminal case against the complainant, by virtue of FIR No. 292 dated 10.07.2013 in this regard. The present case was stated to have been registered against the petitioners as a counter-blast of the previous case by the police at the instance of influential complainant. 5. Not only that, the interim bail was granted to enable the petitioners to join the investigation, by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court (Jaspal Singh, J.), by way of order dated June 10, 2014. At this stage, on instructions from ASI Paramjit Singh, learned State Counsel has acknowledged the relevant factual matrix and submitted that the petitioners have already joined the investigation. They are no longer required for further interrogation. There is no history of their previous involvement in any other criminal case. All the offences alleged against the accused are triable by the Court of Magistrate. Even, since the prosecution has not yet submitted the final police report (challan) against the accused, so, the final conclusion of trial will naturally take a long time. 6. In the light of aforesaid reasons and taking into consideration the totality of facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as discussed here-in-above, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is accepted.
Even, since the prosecution has not yet submitted the final police report (challan) against the accused, so, the final conclusion of trial will naturally take a long time. 6. In the light of aforesaid reasons and taking into consideration the totality of 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 petitioners, by virtue of order dated 10.06.2014, by this Court, 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 petitioners do not cooperate or join the investigation, the prosecution would be at liberty to move a petition for cancellation of their bail, in this Court. ---------0.B.S.0------------ —————————