Crl. Misc No. M 18280 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M 18280 of 2011 Date of decision : September 22, 2011 Pawandeep Singh alias Pawanpreet Singh, ...... Petitioner v. State of Punjab ...... Respondent *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. L.S.Sidhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P.S.Grewal, DAG Punjab *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioner seeks grant of regular bail in case FIR No.165, dated 16.9.2010, registered under Sections 363, 366, 376, 506, 34 of the IPC, read with Sections 3/4 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, at Police Station Dharamkot, District Moga. On 18.8.2011, the following contention was noticed :- “ Learned counsel has argued that as per the allegations two persons had kidnapped the prosecutrix and one person has been found innocent by the police. Further as per the learned counsel the age of the prosecutrix was more than 17 years at the time of occurrence and the petitioner has now been in custody since 10.01.2011.” Crl. Misc No. M 18280 of 2011 ::2:: Apart from the above, counsel for the respondent, on instructions from ASI Parvinder Singh, has also accepted the fact that not even a single witness has been examined so far. In these circumstances, without commenting upon the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant the concession of bail to the petitioner. Bail to the satisfaction of C.J.M/Duty Magistrate, Moga. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) September 22, 2011. JUDGE `kk'