In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-14435 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:24.5.2010 Arun Tiwari and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Yogesh Goel, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in a case registered primarily against their son, namely, Munish Tiwari for the offences under Sections 363, 366-A IPC and 376 IPC which was added later. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Sumitra Devi mother of prosecutrix aged 13 years. It is alleged that the daughter of the complainant was studying in sixth class in Saraswati Model Public School, Gobindgarh. Munish Tiwari, the son of the petitioners was having an evil eye on her. The complainant had stopped him two-three times but despite that he had been meeting the daughter of the complainant. On 29.6.2009, when the daughter of the complainant had gone for ironing of clothes then at about 2.30 p.m. Munish Tiwari, the son of the petitioners kidnapped her after alluring her with an intention to marry. Thereafter, despite search she could not be traced. The daughter of the petitioners has Cr. Misc. No.M-14435 of 2010 [2] since been recovered and in her statement recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. by the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (D), on 27.7.2009 (Annexure- P.2) insofar as the petitioners are concerned it is alleged that they had threatened her. Ranjit Mishra, another relative of the petitioners was declined anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 24.9.2009. However, he was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court vide order dated 31.12.2009 which has since been confirmed vide order dated 12.5.2010. The petitioners are the parents of Munish Tiwari against whom the FIR has primarily been registered. It is only in the statement (Annexure- P.2) of the prosecutrix that it is alleged that they had threatened her. In the facts and circumstances, the petitioners in the event of their arrest shall be admitted to bail on their furnishing personal bonds and surety each to the satisfaction of the arresting/investigating officer. The petitioners shall join investigation as and when called and shall abide by the conditions of Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. May 24, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*