JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J. - The petitioner, a resident of Lucknow, is apprehending his imminent arrest on being arraigned as accused in an FIR on the allegations of conniving with a lady for opening a fictitious bank account, and receiving consideration for selling a fake marksheet, came up under Section 438 CrPC, seeking anticipatory bail.

2. Based on the complaint of Registrar of Arni University, Indora, District Kangra, HP, the police registered FIR No. 289 of 2018, dated 24.10.2018, under Sections 420, 468, 471, 201, 120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860, (IPC), in Police Station Indora, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, disclosing cognizable and nonbailable offences.

3. The allegations against the petitioner are that on 24th October 2018, Shri Sangram Singh Guleria, Registrar of Arni University, visited Police Station, Indora filed a complaint that on 23.8.2018, one Gaurav Sharma, resident of Muzaffarnagar UP, came to the University for taking his Migration and Degree and he produced his DMC. When they tallied the DMC with their records, the same was found to be forged. After that, they detained said Gaurav Sharma and on inquiry, he disclosed that he has got this DMC from one Amit K