Crl.M.No.31851-M of 2010 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.31851-M of 2010 Date of Order: 25.11.2010 Didar Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. J.B.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer under Section 438 Cr.P.C is for grant of anticipatory/pre arrest bail in case FIR No.13 dated 27.4.2010 under Sections 148/307/336/506/427/149 IPC and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, P.S Chabbewal, District Hoshiarpur. As per allegations in the FIR, Jagjit Singh along with a group of 15/16 persons came in four vehicles and attacked the complainant- Jatinder Kumar. Jagjit Singh and some of the assailants were allegedly armed with guns. Jagjit Singh is alleged to have fired at the complainant but the shot did not hit the complainant as he ducked. However, none was injured as the complainant party had fled from the spot. The assailant party is alleged to have damaged the car and motorcycle belonging to the complainant party. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and that he was allegedly armed with double barrel gun and the role ascribed is that he was firing in the air. It is further submitted that it is a case Crl.M.No.31851-M of 2010 #2# of no injury and main accused Jagjit Singh, who allegedly fired shot has already been enlarged on bail. Learned counsel further submits that after investigation, police did not recover any empty cartridges allegedly fired by the petitioner. Learned state counsel, on instructions from ASI Mohinder Pal, concedes that the petitioner has joined investigation and since no empties of the used cartridges were recovered from him, his custodial interrogation is no longer required. In view of the above, interim protection/ pre arrest bail granted vide order dated 18.11.2010 is made absolute. Petition stands disposed of. November 25, 2010 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE