IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-32638 of 2011 Date of decision : November 09, 2011 Gurbarinder Partap Singh Chhinna and another ....Petitioners versus Raghbir Singh Cheema and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Vinod Kataria, Advocate for respondent no. 1-complainant L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Gurbarinder Partap Singh Chhinna and his mother Surinder Kaur have filed this petition for anticipatory bail in criminal complaint Annexure P/1 instituted by respondent no. 1 complainant in which petitioners along with Gursharan Singh i.e. father of petitioner no. 1 and husband of petitioner no. 2 have been ordered to be summoned for offence under section 406, 498-A and 506 IPC vide summoning order, Annexure P/2. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Learned counsel for the petitioners vehemently contended that Gursharan Singh accused who is father-in-law of the complainant's daughter has been granted anticipatory bail by Sessions Court. Petitioners are husband and mother-in-law respectively of the complainant's daughter. It is Criminal Misc. No. M-32638 of 2011 -2- contended that they are not required for any recovery because they have been summoned in complaint case. On the other hand, learned counsel for the complainant contended that non-bailable warrants have been ordered to be issued against the petitioners and therefore, they do not deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. I have carefully considered the aforesaid contentions. The petitioners are practically on parity with their co-accused Gursharan Singh who has admittedly been granted anticipatory bail. The petitioners have been summoned as accused in criminal complaint and therefore, their custodial interrogation is not required. Keeping in view the aforesaid circumstances but without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, the instant petition is allowed. If the petitioners appear in the trial court on 11.11.11, the date already fixed there, they shall be released on bail. Copy of the order be given Dasti to the counsel for the petitioner under the signatures of Special Secretary of the Bench. ( L.N. Mittal ) November 09, 2011 Judge 'dalbir'