IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-19675 of 2010 Date of decision : 13.09.2010 Baljinder Singh ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr. Dinesh Nagar, Advocate for Mr. B.S. Jaswal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. **** M ehinder S ingh S ullar, J. (Oral) A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court (Gurdev Singh, J.) while issuing notice of motion, passed the following order: - “Heard. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on the basis of the affidavit submitted by Tarsem Singh – constable, who infact made alleged entries in the DDR, during enquiry it was found in that enquiry that the present petitioner is innocent. Notice of motion for 13.9.2010. In the meanwhile, in the event of arrest, the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the following conditions: - i) he shall join the investigating as and when required by the Investigating Officer; ii) he shall not offer any threat, promise or inducement to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing the same to the Investigating Officer/Court; and iii) he shall not leave the limits of this Country without prior permission of the Court.”. 2. Learned State counsel has submitted on the instructions of ASI Gurpreet Singh that as the petitioner has already joined the investigation, therefore, he is no longer required for further interrogation at this stage. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, having gone through the record with their valuable help and after bestowal of thoughts over the entire matter, to my mind, the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail. 4. In the event of arrest of the petitioner, he shall be released on bail on his furnishing adequate bail/surety bonds in the sum of Rs.50,000/- to the satisfaction of Arresting Officer. 5. However the petitioner is directed to make himself available for interrogation by the Investigating Agency as and when required. He shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. 6. Disposed of accordingly. (Mehinder Singh Sullar) Judge September 13, 2010 naresh.k