IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-20765 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : 11.9. 2009 Lakha Singh ....Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.Sarbjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.B.B.S.Teji, AAG, Punjab. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. This is a petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for release of the petitioner in terms thereof in a case registered vide FIR No.121 dated 21.5.2009 under Sections 326, 323, 324, 325, 379, 148, 149, 427 IPC, at Police Station Beas, District Amritsar. It has been contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the only role attributed to the petitioner is of raising a Lalkara and felling the injured to the ground. He further contended that apart from this, no overt action in causing injuries to the complainant/injured was attributed to him. Noticing the aforesaid contention, this Court on 31.7.2009 Crl.Misc.No.M-20765 of 2009 (O&M) -2- granted interim protection to the petitioner subject to the condition that he will join the investigation to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer. It has now been contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner and not controverted by the learned counsel for the State on instructions from SI Sukhwinder Singh that he has since joined the investigation to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and having regard to the aforesaid facts, the petition is accepted and the interim directions dated 31.7.2009 are made absolute till the filing of the challan subject to the condition that the petitioner continues to comply with the provisions of Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. 11.9.2009 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss