Criminal Misc. No. M-4330 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-4330 of 2009 Date of decision: May 28, 2009 Naib Singh -Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & another -Respondents Coram Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Jaideep Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J.(Oral) This is a petition for anticipatory bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 3/4 of the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribunes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, hereinafter referred to as the 'Act' and Sections 353,186,506 IPC at police station Budhlada, District Mansa vide FIR No. 144 dated 15-11-2008. Learned State counsel submits that in view of the Bar contained in Section 18 of the Act, petition for anticipatory bail is not maintainable. Under the circumstances, no ground to consider prayer for anticipatory bail under the Act is made out. However, in case the petitioner surrenders before the trial Court within a week of receipt of certified copy of this order and applies for regular bail, his application be decided within a week thereafter. Criminal Misc. No. M-4330 of 2009 2 Arrest of the petitioner shall remain stayed till decision of his bail application. With the observations aforesaid, the instant petition stands disposed of. [Rajan Gupta] Judge May 28, 2009. 'ask'