CRM-M-24071-2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-24071-2011 Date of Decision:21.09.2011 Balwan Singh ...Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. R.S.Dhull, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sagar Deswal, AAG, Haryana. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. (ORAL) This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a pending trial case registered vide FIR No.224 dated 27.06.2010, under Sections 302, 325, 323, 147, 148, 149 of IPC at Police Station Tosham, District Bhiwani. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in a cross fight between two groups, the deceased Phool Singh succumbed to the injury caused by Om Parkash with a lathi on his head. It is submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 03.07.2010. The deceased was 80 years of age and remained hospitalized for 15 days before his death. It is further submitted that the injury attributed to the petitioner was of course given to the deceased but on a non-vital part i.e. on the left hand which was not the cause of accelerating his death. He further submits that the petitioner is neither a previous convict nor wanted in any other case, whereas the challan has been presented and the prosecution witnesses are being examined. Learned State Counsel submits that though the petitioner has not given the fatal blow but he had also participated in that cross fight and caused an injury with a lathi on the left hand of the deceased. He concedes that the petitioner is not a previous convict nor wanted in any other case. 1 CRM-M-24071-2011 Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, but without making any observation on the merits, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail by the learned Trial Court on his furnishing bail bonds to its satisfaction. September 21, 2011. ( Rakesh Kumar Jain ) vinod* Judge 2