In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M- 30839 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 15.10.2010 Nishan Singh and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.D.S.Pheruman Advocate, for the petitioners. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 48 dated 25.9.2010 under Sections 365/ 511/ 323/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Chohla Sahib District Tarn Taran, Punjab. The contents of the FIR , as reproduced in para 6 of the petition, read as under:- “Statement of Jarnail Singh son of Bakhshish Singh caste Ramgaria resident of Chohla Sahib aged 42 years. It is submitted that I am resident of above mentioned address Criminal Misc. No.M- 30839 of 2010 (O&M) -2- and doing cultivation. My son Jobanjit Singh is studying in +2 class in Mata Niketan School, Tarn Taran. As per routine he used to go to the school with other children in the school bus. About 2/3 days back there was a quarrel of two small children, out of which one child of Nishan Singh son of Mohinder Singh resident of village Raniwallah. My son stopped these children from quarreling and admonished them to sit in the bus. When my son was going from Chohla Sahib to Raniwallah in the school bus and reached near the turning of village Raniwallah at the turning of Shaheed where Nishan Singh aforesaid was standing there for sending his children through the bus. My son along with Paramjit Singh son of Gurdev Singh also reached near the turning of Baba Shaheed in our car and Nishan Singh gave signal to stop the bus and the driver accordingly stopped the bus. Nishan Singh dragged my son Jobanjit Singh from the bus to the ground and in the meantime, brother of Nishan Singh namely Sukhdev Singh and two other unidentified persons also reached there and they beaten up my son and dragged him upto 35/40 yards in the field. My son as well as myself and Paramjit Singh raised alarm. Then all the aforesaid persons ran away by leaving my son there. Nishan Singh, Sukhdev Singh and other Criminal Misc. No.M- 30839 of 2010 (O&M) -3- unidentified persons gave beatings to my son and they made an attempt to kidnap him. I was going to lodge the report, you met me action be taken. Nishan Singh is having grudge against my son because my son admonished to the son of Nishan Singh.” After hearing learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of the opinion that the instant petition deserves to be dismissed. The allegations levelled against the petitioners are serious in nature. The petitioners have dragged the victim out of the bus up to 30-40 yards in the field. The petitioners might be required for custodial interrogation. In these circumstances, no ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is made out. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE October 15, 2010 anita