IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-29299 of 2009 Date of decision : November 26, 2009 Joginder Pal ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Joginder Pal has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. dated 29.12.2008 under sections 302, 307, 324 read with section 34 IPC, Police Station Sadar, Gurdaspur, District Gurdaspur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, the petitioner inflicted only simple injury with kirpan on right arm of complainant Bodh Raj. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that the petitioner surrendered on 19.5.2009 and is in custody since then i.e. for more than six months. It was also contended that only simple injury was allegedly inflicted by the petitioner to the complainant and no injury is alleged to have been inflicted by the petitioner to the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner also claimed parity with co-accused Baldev Raj Criminal Misc. No. M-29299 of 2009 -2- who has since been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 24.8.2009, Annexure P/4. The aforesaid factual position is not controverted by learned State counsel after seeking instructions from ASI Prem Kumar. In view of the aforesaid but without commenting anything on merits, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Gurdaspur. ( L.N. Mittal ) November 26, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'