IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.31502-M of 2010 Date of Order: 26.11.2010 Harpreet Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. G.K. Saini, 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.57 dated 2.7.2010 under Sections 332/333/353/186/34 IPC, P.S Haryana District Hoshiarpur. As per allegations in the FIR, petitioner was accompanying main accused Sandeep Kumar @ Sonu, who is alleged to have caused injuries on the index finger of the left hand and little finger of right hand of the complainant. It is submitted that the petitioner is a 19 year old student of Civil Engineering. It is further submitted that as per contents of the FIR, the petitioner was unarmed and no overt act has been attributed to him. It is next submitted that there was a delay of 11 days in lodging the FIR. Learned state counsel, on instructions from HC Bhupinder Singh, states that the petitioner has joined investigation and his custodial interrogation is no longer required. In view of the above, interim protection/bail granted vide order dated 29.10.2010 is made absolute. Petition stands disposed of. November 26, 2010 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE