Crl. Misc. No. M-31285 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-31285 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 19, 2010 Gurdip Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent ******* CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present : Mr. Vivek Goel, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.20 dated 10.2.2010, under Sections 394,307 of Indian Penal Code and 25 of the Arms Act, 1959, registered at Police Station Bhikhi, District Mansa. The contents of the FIR as reproduced in para 1 of the petition read as under :- “Statement of Sh. Jaswant Rai Manager Satluj Gramin Bank Phupre Bhaike aged about 47 years. Mob-phone 9417159938 stated that I am being posted as bank Manager in Satluj Gramin Bank Phupre Bhaike. We open the bank at 9.45 a.m. Jang Singh Ex-army personal r/o Kheeva Kalan armed with 12 bore gun is doing duty of gunman. At about 12.30 p.m. the gunman Crl. Misc. No. M-31285 of 2010 (O&M) 2 of bank was standing in front of the entry gate. There were 5-6 customers inside the bank. There young persons while entering the bank grappled with the gunman and tried to snatch his gun. One person gave kirch blow on the thumb of right hand of gunman. I immediately pushed the Siren. Gursewak Singh son of Bawa Singh r/o Phupre Bhaike came forward to catch them outside the bank. I made telephone call on 100 number and called the president of Gurudwara Sahib and closed the gate of bank from inside. On hearing the siren the people of the village gathered outside the bank. They tried to run away on their motorcycle bearing no. PB-19-B-6304 but the keys of the motorcycle fell in the bank. The lock of the motorcycle did not open. The three young persons fired towards people in order to kill them. But the people were saved. The people threw brick bats on them in order to over-power them. All the three persons got injured. The people over-powered them. In the meantime you alongwith police reached at the spot. You asked the name of the three young persons one of them told his name as Gurdip Singh son of Jeet Singh Jatt r/o Badiala and one blood stained kirch was recovered from him. The second person told his name as Jagseer Singh @ Raja son of Teja Singh Jatt r/o Badiala who was badly injured and one .315 bore pistol with 2 cartridges were recovered from him. The other person told his name as Balwinder Singh @ Pola son of Kartar Singh Jatt r/o Badiala and one .12 bore pistol and one .12 bore alive cartridge was also recovered. Balwinder Singh and Jagseer Singh on Crl. Misc. No. M-31285 of 2010 (O&M) 3 account of serious injuries were got admitted in Civil Hospital, Mansa with the help of people. All the three accused in order loot the bank had attacked and while running they fired shots towards the people. I have heard the statement. Action be taken. Sd/- Jaswant Rai, Attested Sd/- Manjit Singh SI, 10.2.2010”. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely involved in this case. Petitioner had gone to withdraw the money from the Bank. A scuffle took place between the petitioner and his co-accused and the gun-man. Petitioner is in custody since 10.2.2010. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed the petition. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I am of the opinion that no ground for grant of bail to the petitioner is made out. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature. The petitioner was allegedly armed with a kirch at the time of the occurrence and his other co-accused were armed with a 0.315 bore pistol and 0.12 bore pistol alongwith live cartridges. The petitioner and his co-accused had come to the spot with a view to rob the Bank but their attempt was foiled. Dismissed. (SABINA) November 19, 2010 JUDGE Anand