Gagandeep Singh v. State Of Punjab
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
Date of decision: 01.04.2022 Gagandeep Singh
...Petitioner
Versus
State of Punjab
...Respondent
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Through the instant petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C., the petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 09 dated 13.01.2022, registered under Sections 61 and 78 of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, IPC, at Police Station Lehra, District Sangrur.
Status report by way of affidavit dated 29.03.2022 of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub-Division, Lehra, District Sangrur, already filed in the Registry is taken on record.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to some political rivalry; that the petitioner was neither arrested at the spot, nor any recovery was effected from him; that the car in question does not belong to the petitioner and that it is not possible to keep 53 boxes of liquor in a car and that the recovery has already been effected, therefore, nothing is to be recovered from the petitioner.
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Learned State counsel submits that though the car in question is not in the name of the petitioner, but the registered owner of the car-Karan Chauhan, in his statement has specifically stated that he has sold the said car to one Baldev Singh, who further sold the same to the petitioner. Learned State counsel further submits that the petitioner is a habitual offender and is involved in eight other cases.
I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has been involved in eight other cases. Thus, keeping in view that the petitioner is a habitual offender having repeated and continuous criminal antecedents, he does not deserve the concession of anticipatory bail.
In view of the above, the present petition is dismissed.
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