Crl. Misc. No.M-23570 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-23570 of 2011 Date of Decision: September 5, 2011 Karnail Singh …..Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.A.S. Virk, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Shalini Attri, DAG, Haryana. Mr.Sanjeev Manrai, Advocate for the complainant. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of Jarnail Singh alleging that the petitioner as member of unlawful assembly of 15-20 people, was allegedly armed with a rifle of 315 bore. Petitioner is alleged to have fired at the complainant to plough the fields of Charanjit Singh. Charanjit Singh had a land dispute with Punjab Singh. Crl. Misc. No.M-23570 of 2011 [2] Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. The petitioner is a resident of village Gumthala Garu which is at a distance of 40-50 kms. and that his gun had been deposited by him with Bharat Gun House on April 25, 2011 whereas the occurrence is of May 12, 2011. Counsel for the petitioner has further argued that no specific gun shot is attributed to the petitioner. I have heard counsel for the petitioner and gone through the police file. The investigating officer appears to have made an attempt to contact the owner of M/s Bharat Gun House. In statement made by the owner of the gun house Amrik Singh, it has been clarified that onMay12, 2011 the petitioner had gone to the said dealer to get his gun cleaned. The report of the gun house regarding the rifle of petitioner having been deposited w.e.f. April 25, 2011 appears to be wrong. Without expression of any opinion on merits of the case, it is sufficient to observe that the petitioner prima facie appears to be member of unlawful assembly having participated in the event of firing in a land dispute. No extra-ordinary exceptional circumstances exist to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Dismissed. September 5, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE