IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP(M) No.188 of 2010. Decided on: 23rd March, 2010. __________________________________________________________________ Liaq Ram and others ….Petitioners. Versus State of HP. ....Respondent. Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh, J. Whether approved for reporting1? For the petitioner : Mr. Inderjit Narwal, Advocate. For the respondent : Mr. J.S. Rana, Assistant Advocate General. ____________________________________________________________ SURINDER SINGH, J (Oral) The petitioners have applied for pre-arrest bail. According to the learned Counsel for the petitioners, there is a mistake in the parentage of petitioners No.2 and 3. In fact they are the sons of Liaq Ram and not of Roop Singh and petitioner No.4 Janki Devi is the wife of Liaq Ram and not of Roop Singh as depicted in the memo of petition. Let the appropriate corrections be made in the head note of the petition with red ink by the Registry. Report filed. Heard. In FIR No.18 of 2010, registered on 5th March, 2010 in Police Station, Shillai, under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, the petitioners are apprehending their arrest, hence this application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Whether reporters of the Local papers are allowed to see the judgment? - 2 - It is alleged that the petitioners were demanding Rs.50,000/- from the parents of the complainant to put a lintel on their house which was yet to be constructed. They also told the complainant that her parents are quite rich and she was not arranging money, this resulted into her beatings. Pursuant to last order, the petitioners joined the investigation and they were interrogated. No recovery is to be effected from them. In the facts and circumstances of this case the continued custody is not required, as such, apprehension of the arrest, in a non- bailable offence, of the petitioners is not unreasonable. Accordingly, the bail petition is allowed. The interim bail granted on 15th March, 2010 is hereby confirmed on the same terms and conditions and also on the condition that the petitioners shall cooperate with the investigation of this case and shall also present in the Court as and when required. Needless to say that in case the petitioners make any breach of the aforesaid conditions, the liberty of their bail shall be cancelled. Any expression or observations made heretofore, shall not affect the merits of the case, as it is strictly for the purpose of deciding this petition. The petition stands disposed of. March 23, 2010. (Surinder Singh), J. (rc)