Crl. Misc. No. M-24585 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-24585 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: September 9, 2010 Santokh Singh & another ........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent ****** CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Naveen Batra, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. SABINA, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.57 dated 22.4.2010, under Sections 307,323,324,452,148,149 of Indian Penal Code, Police Station Tanda, District Hoshiarpur. As per the prosecution case, petitioner no.1 had raised a lalkara that a lesson be taught to the complainant party. Thereafter, he gave a blow with his kirpan on the forehead of complainant Maninder Singh and someone gave a rod blow on the right side of his abdomen. Other persons inflicted injuries on the person of Devraj, father of the complainant. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that it is a case of version and cross-version. A DDR was recorded on the basis of the statement of the petitioner no.2 but no action has been taken by the police Crl. Misc. No. M-24585 of 2010 (O&M) 2 on the said DDR qua the cross version set up by the petitioners. Wife of petitioner no.1 had suffered seven injuries in the alleged occurrence and petitioner no.2 has suffered three injuries in the alleged occurrence. No overt act is attributed to petitioner no.2. Learned State counsel, who is assisted by H.C. Gurbachan Singh, has failed to show the medical opinion vide which the injury on the person of Maninder Singh was declared dangerous to life. In the present case, petitioners are in custody for the last about three months. As per the case of the petitioners, wife of petitioner no.1 and petitioner no.2 have also suffered injuries in the alleged occurrence. Their Medical Lego Reports have been placed on record qua the injuries suffered by Kulbir Kaur and Balwant Singh. Although, no action has been taken by the police qua the cross-version set up by the petitioners, it would be just and expedient to release the petitioners on bail. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. Petitioner be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate Hoshiarpur. (SABINA) September 9, 2010 JUDGE Anand