JUDGMENT

Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. - The petitioner seeks grant of anticipatory bail in respect of a case registered vide FIR No. 442 dated 4.12.2021 under Sections 406, 420, 506/120-B of Indian Penal Code at Police Station Sadar Hansi District Hansi (Haryana).

2. At the time of issuance of notice of motion on 26.8.2022, the following order was passed :

'This is third petition filed on behalf of petitioner seeking grant of anticipatory bail in respect of a case registered against him vide FIR No. 442, dated 04.12.2021, Police Station Sadar Hansi, District Hansi, under Sections 406, 420, 506, 120-B IPC, the earlier two having been dismissed without having been adjudicated on merits.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has explained that in fact the first petition came to be withdrawn on account of some misunderstanding as there was miscommunication between the petitioner and the counsel.

The allegations, in nutshell, as levelled in the FIR which was lodged at the instance of Sumitra Yadav are broadly to the effect that the petitioner-Jagdish was owner in possession of 35 kanals and 1 marla of land and had agreed to sell the same to the complainant on 15.4.2021 when an earnest money of Rs.2