Crl. Misc No. M-15332of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-15332of 2009 Date of decision : 30.05.2009 Nirmal Singh and Others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Kailash Chander, Advocate for the petitioners. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) The petitioners have moved this petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case registered against them under Sections 224/225 IPC vide FIR No. 320 dated 30.10.2008 at Police Station Bagha Purana, District Moga, Punjab. The allegations in the FIR are that petitioners who are father, wife and brother respectively of one Balwinder Singh helped him in escaping, despite non baliable warrants issued by the High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 382DBA of 1997 titled as Punjab State Vs. Lal Singh for arrest of Balwinder Singh. Learned counsel for the petitioners has argued that the petitioners have no role to play whatsoever in the crime. They have been falsely implicated by the police. Moreover, there is delay in lodging the FIR. After hearing counsel for the petitioners, I am of the considered view that petitioners are not entitled to concession of anticipatory bail. It Crl. Misc No. M-15332of 2009 2 appears that non-baliable warrants were issued by this Court against Balwinder Singh in a criminal appeal pending before the Division Bench. The petitioners have stated to have helped Balwinder Singh escape from the process of law. There are specific allegations against the petitioners in helping Balwinder Singh to escape. The petitioners, thus, are not entitled to concession of anticipatory bail. They did not allow the police to execute the warrants issued by this Court. Under the circumstances, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is thus hereby dismissed. 30.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE