CRM No. M-24817 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-24817 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 5.9.2009 Parshant Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. J.S. Bedi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that pre-arrest bail application of the petitioner has been rejected by the Special Judge, Gurdaspur on the ground that the same is not maintainable in view of the bar contained in Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Learned counsel has referred to order passed in civil suit, Annexure P-3 wherein status-quo was granted in favour of the petitioner's father. He further submits that the reason for the entire dispute is use of a passage in respect of which civil proceedings are pending. In view of Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the prayer for pre-arrest bail is hereby rejected. It is, however, directed that 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, the trial court CRM No. M-24817 of 2009 2 shall decide the same within a week thereafter after considering all the pleas raised by the petitioner herein. Arrest of the petitioner shall remain stayed till decision of his bail application. Disposed of. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE September 05, 2009 'rajpal'