In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-35399 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:24.5.2010 Sat Pal alias Satti .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Hemant Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 420 IPC and Section 13 of the Public Gambling Act. It is submitted that the allegations of gambling are at the house of the petitioner and not at any public place. Besides, the offence under Section 13 of the Public Gambling Act is punishable with imprisonment of one month or fine of Rs.50/-. The offence under Section 420 IPC, it is submitted, has been added only to make it non-bailable. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from ASI Mukhtiar Singh, Police Station Sadar, Amritsar, has submitted that the petitioner has joined the investigation and his custody is not required for the purposes of investigation. In view of the above, the interim bail granted on 24.12.2009 is made absolute. Cr. Misc. No.M-35399 of 2009 [2] The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. May 24, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*