IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc M- 4811 of 2010 Date of decision: 12.7.2010 Bane Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana …Respondent Present: Mr Sarfraz Hussain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr KC Gupta, Sr DAG Haryana. S.S.SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 148, 149, 323, 506, 452 IPC, besides Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (Act – for short). The FIR in the case has been registered on the complaint of Sunder Kumar, who received injuries alleging commission of offences under Section 323 IPC. The petitioner himself has suffered an injury with a sharp-edged weapon on his head which is depicted in the medical report (P1). Accordingly, a cross-case has been registered on his statement. As regards the offence under Section 3 of the Act, the offending words according to the FIR were uttered within the four walls of the house of the complainant and not in any public place within the meaning of Section 3(1) (x) of the Act. Cr Misc M- 4811 of 2010 2 Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from ASI Surinder Kumar of PS Badshahpur, District Gurgaon, submits that the petitioner has joined the investigation and his custody is not required for the purposes of investigation. Accordingly, the interim bail granted on 22.2.2010 is made absolute. This petition stands disposed of. .2010 ( S.S.SARON ) ASR Judge