In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.13952 of 2011 and Criminal Misc. No.M-6407 of 2011 ..... Date of decision:24.3.2011 Bahadur Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: None for the petitioner. None for the respondent-State. Mr. Jagdish Singh, father of the injured in person. ...... S.S. Saron, J. Cr. Misc. No.13952 of 2011: The prayer for correction in the name of Police Station in the head note of the petition i.e. Police Station Sadar, Jalandhar instead of Police Station Jalandhar is allowed. The criminal miscellaneous application stands disposed of. Cr. Misc. No.M-6407 of 2011: HC Som Lal, Police Station Sadar, Jalandhar is present. Jagdish Singh, who is the father of the minor Jaimal, who was injured in the accident, is present in Court and has stated that the matter has been compromised with the accused. It is stated that Jaimal-injured is hale and hearty. Bahadur Singh-petitioner is the driver of the offending bus. Cr. Misc. No.M-6407 of 2011 [2] The FIR has been registered on the statement of Punnu Ram, who has alleged that on 2.1.2011 at about 5.30 p.m., he went from Jalandhar to Jandiala in a mini bus to meet his relatives. When the bus reached near Preet Palace at some distance before Jandiala, then on the corner of the road, a boy aged 14/15 was standing there. The driver (Bahadur Singh- petitioner) struck the bus against the said boy without blowing any horn. The bus was being driven in a rash manner. The driver Bahadur Singh (petitioner) and the conductor Tirath Singh stated that they would take the boy to the hospital. On 3.1.2011 at about 8.30 a.m., when Punnu Ram- complainant was going towards the road of Village Samrai to Village Kangliwal a number of persons had gathered on the corner of the road. He also reached there and saw that the boy, who had met with accident a day earlier i.e. on 2.1.2011 was lying on the corner of the road. The said boy was identified as Jaimal son of Jagdish. The family members of Jaimal were informed, who after arranging a vehicle got him admitted in Johal Hospital, Jalandhar where he was under treatment. Bahadur Singh (petitioner) was arrested on 4.1.2011 and since then he is in custody. The prosecution is to establish and prove its case by leading evidence. Jagdish, father of the boy has stated that a compromise has been effected on 1.3.2011. His counsel Mr. A.P. Kaushal has put in appearance on his behalf and submitted that the matter has been compromised and an affidavit of Jagdish in this regard was also filed which is on record. In the circumstances, the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar shall be admitted to bail. Cr. Misc. No.M-6407 of 2011 [3] The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. March 24, 2011. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*