Criminal Misc. No. M-11778 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-11778 of 2011 Date of decision : 16.05.2011 Sukhpal Singh @ Pala and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. T.S. Sangha, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Narinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. Baljinder Singh Sra, Advocate for the complainant. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioners vide FIR No. 99 dated 02.12.2010 under Sections 307, 302 & 34 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar Bathinda. Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Balraj Singh, who is present in court, points out at the outset that petition qua petitioner No. 2 has been rendered infructuous as he has been arrested during the pendency of this petition. Dismissed as having been rendered infructuous in respect of petitioner No. 2. Criminal Misc. No. M-11778 of 2011 2 As regards petitioner No. 1, Mr. Sangha, learned Sr. Advocate submits that he may be allowed to withdraw the present petition with liberty to petitioner No. 1 to surrender before the investigating agency/Illaqa Magistrate and thereafter seek regular bail. In view of above, petition qua petitioner no. 1 stands dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as aforesaid. May 16, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE