Crl. Misc. No.M-12308 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-12308 of 2011 Date of Decision: July 5, 2011 Paramjit Kaur …..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others …..Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Proxy counsel for the petitioner. Mr.Arshwinder Singh, DAG, Punjab. Mr.K.S. Goraya, Advocate for the complainant. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a private complaint. The petitioner claims that she was born in the year 1988 and was only 14 year of age at the time of the occurrence which is stated to be of April 28, 2002. The complaint was filed in the year 2007. Her co- accused has already been granted bail by the Additional Sessions Judge. She, pursuant to the interim orders passed by this Court on May 4, 2011, has Crl. Misc. No.M-12308 of 2011 [2] already put in appearance before the summoning Court and furnished bail bonds as desired by the summoning Court. As the matter arises out of a private complaint which had been filed after 5 years of the occurrence, the petitioner having already appeared before the summoning Court, she can be granted the concession of bail. Counsel for the complainant has vehemently opposed the petition for pre-arrest bail on the ground that there are serious allegations against the petitioner and that she has been declared a proclaimed offender in the present case. I have heard counsel for both the parties and I am of the opinion that since the presence of the petitioner is required in a private compliant and it is not a case of custodial interrogation, the petitioner being a female, can be granted the concession of pre-arrest bail especially when the complaint is filed after five years of the occurrence and petitioner was apparently a juvenile at the time of the alleged occurrence. Petition is allowed. The interim order dated May 4, 2011 is hereby made absolute and the order dated May 9, 2011 passed by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, accepting bail bonds and surety bonds on behalf of the petitioner will remain operative during the pendency of the trial. A condition is imposed upon the petitioner that she will continue to appear before the trial Court and will not absent herself without any sufficient cause. She will also not tamper with the evidence or hamper the investigation in any manner. Crl. Misc. No.M-12308 of 2011 [3] July 5, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE