Crl. Misc. No. M-15828 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-15828 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: July 7, 2010 Mandeep Singh alias Neetu ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. Anurag Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG, Punjab. GURDEV SINGH, J. Heard. Petitioner, Mandeep Singh alias Neetu son of Gurtej Singh, has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code for grant of regular bail in FIR No. 27 dated 11.3.2010 registered at Police Station Nehianwala, Bathinda, under Sections 307, 323/149/148 IPC. This FIR was got lodged by Gurmail Singh-complainant. He came out with the version that on the date of occurrence at 8.30 am, he, alongwith his nephew Narinder Singh, had gone to his fields on a scooter. When they were just to enter his fiends, after parking the scooter, Modan Singh armed with an iron rod, Mandar Singh also armed with an iron rod, Sukhdev Singh armed with a gandasi, Sukhdeep Singh armed with a dah and Hardev Singh armed with a weapon like sword, rushed towards them. Modan Singh raised a lalkara, exhorting his co-accused to catch hold them and not to spare them. Mandar Singh gave a blow with his iron rod on his right wrist and Sukhdev Singh Crl. Misc. No. M-15828 of 2010 2 gave a gandasi blow from the reversed side on the head of Narinder Singh with an intention to kill him. When he tried to save Narinder Singh, these accused caused serious injuries on his head and other parts of his body. This petitioner was never named as an assailant or otherwise in the FIR. The investigating agency arrayed him as accused on the basis of the supplementary statement of the complainant. He stated in his supplementary statement that the present petitioner and three other persons were also assailants of the occurrence. It was not in the statement of the complainant, on the basis which the FIR was registered, that the assailants were accompanied by some other persons also. The possibility of making out a fabricated version on account of consultations and deliberations by the complainant cannot be ruled out. Keeping in view these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial court/Duty Magistrate, Bathinda. July 7 , 2010 (GURDEV SINGH ) prem JUDGE