Chandigarh, June 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed anticipatory bail plea of a lawyer accused of receiving money from a client to get a "favourable order".

"Merely because the petitioner is a practicing advocate cannot constitute a ground for grant of anticipatory bail. The status of a profession neither places a person above the law nor creates a separate standard for . (considering interim bail). The court is required to assess the matter on the touchstone of settled principles governing anticipatory bail," the bench of justice Deepak Gupta observed.

The plea was from Anurag Khullar booked by Chandigarh police on May 13 on the allegations of cheating. The police had alleged that the case involved serious offences a...