Crl. Misc. No.M-36011 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-36011 of 2010 Date of Decision: 09.12.2010 Bittu Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Advocate for Mr. Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.267 dated 13.12.2009 under Sections 457 and 380 IPC registered at Police Station Gobindgarh Mandi, District Fatehgarh Sahib. The earlier bail application was dismissed as the petitioner is stated to have not joined the investigation. The second anticipatory bail application has been filed on the ground that he had joined the investigation on a direction by the trial Court. Thereafter, he was under impression that he does not require to join again as he had joined the investigation at the time when interim bail was granted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib. The said explanation does not appeal. However, taking a lenient view, the present petition is disposed Crl. Misc. No.M-36011 of 2010 2 of with a direction that in case, the petitioner, appears before the trial Court and files an application for regular bail, the same shall be disposed of on the same day. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 09.12.2010 JUDGE gurpreet