Criminal Misc.-M No. 23578 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. -M No. 23578 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 19.8.2011 Madan Lal @ Pappu .. Petitioner v. The State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. H. K. Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Abhishek Chautala, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The allegation in the present case against the petitioner and other accused named in the FIR is that on account of PHG- Chain Singh, Home Guard Volunteer on duty in a chhinj mela (wrestling fare) in village Lahroon, having stopped them from entering the wrestling ground, they had torn his uniform and gave him beatings, though PHG-Chain Singh did not suffer any injury. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that if any altercation had taken place, that was with Ashwani Kumar. The petitioner has nothing to do with it. He has been wrongly named in the FIR. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submitted that four persons have specifically been named in the FIR, who had caught hold of PHG-Chain Singh and gave him injuries while torning his Criminal Misc.-M No. 23578 of 2011 [2] uniform, when he was on duty in the Mela. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the allegations against the petitioner and other accused is that they had torn the uniform of PHG-Chain Singh, who was on duty, and gave him injuries, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. The Legislature in its wisdom, though provided punishment only to the extent of three years' imprisonment under Section 332 IPC and upto two years' imprisonment under Section 353 IPC, but still the offences were made cognizable and non-bailable. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 19.8.2011 mk