Cr.Misc. M 18771 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.Misc. M 18771 of 2010 Date of decision: 18.8.2011 Krishan Singh petitioner vs State of Punjab respondent Present:- Mr. Naresh Jain, Advocate. Mr. Kirat singh, DAG, Punjab Mr. RK Girdhar, Advocate. M.M.S.BEDI, J. The petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of Bhola Singh alleging that he is employed as a labourer with Gurdarshan Singh, who had purchased four acres of land from Jagir Kaur, whereas the petitioner used to take land on rent for cultivation. On the day of the occurrence the complainant along with Gurdita Singh had gone to the land on a tractor for cultivation when the petitioner arrived on the spot in his car with 12 bore gun and fired shots from his gun at the complainant with an intention to kill him. While the complainant was lying down, shots fired at him, hit on his left foot. The allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner had tried to take forcible possession by ploughing the land. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the injury suffered by the complainant is a self suffered injury. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through Cr.Misc. M 18771 of 2010 2 the police file. It appears that the petitioner has sold his 12 bore gun much prior to the date of occurrence. There is a land dispute. It is apparent that in order to claim possession, the subsequent purchaser has availed the services of his servant complainant-Bhola Singh, who involved the petitioner in the present case. The petitioner has already joined the investigation. Without expression of any opinion on merits, taking into consideration the injury suffered by the complainant, the petitioner can be granted the concession of pre-arrest bail. Besides this, I have carefully gone through the injury received by the complainant, which is not even appear to b e grievous in nature. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and it is ordered that in case of arrest of the petitioner, he will be released on bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer subject to the condition that he will join the investigation as and when required by the police and will not tamper with evidence or hamper the investigation. It is made clear that any thing mentioned in the order will not prejudice the right of the prosecution or the complainant during the course of the trial. Any thing observed in the order is merely to decide the instant petition for pre-arrest bail. August 18 , 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE