Crl. Misc.No.M-27926 of 2010 # 1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc.No.M-27926 of 2010 Date of Decision:-11.10.2010 Vijay Puri & another. ......Petitioners. Versus State of Punjab. ......Respondent. CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH. Present:- Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab. *** JASWANT SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer is under Section 438 Cr.PC for issuance of directions to arresting/investigating officer to release the petitioners on bail in the event of their arrest in case FIR No.77 dated 30.05.2010 under Sections 326, 379, 506 and 34 of Indian Penal Code registered with Police Station City Batala, District Gurdaspur. It is stated that petitioner no.1 is a retired employee of Punjab State Electricity Board and his son-petitioner no.2 is Networking Engineer with Axis Bank. In the year 2006 petitioners had Crl. Misc.No.M-27926 of 2010 # 2# been inflicted injuries by complainant Sunil and his friends on account of them having been restrained by the petitioners to stand in front of a chowk and indulging in eve teasing. It is further submitted that the present FIR had been lodged as a counter blast to the same. It is then submitted that otherwise the allegations that petitioner-father and his other son caught hold of the complainant-Sunil while petitioner no.2 inflicted injuries, on the face of it, appears to be false. Learned State counsel on instructions from ASI Sukhwinder Singh submits that injury attributed to petitioner no.2 is with the Dattar on the forehead of complainant-injured Sunil Kumar. The said injury was per the MLR denotes that clip fracture of frontal bone and he had to be operated upon. He concedes that the role attributed to the petitioner no.1 is only of Lalkara. At this stage counsel for the petitioners withdraws the petition and the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail qua petitioner no.2- Uttam Puri. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, keeping in view the role attributed to the petitioner no.1, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no.1 is accepted and it is ordered that in the event of arrest, the petitioner no.1 shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting/Investigating Officer. Petitioner no.1 shall appear before the IO., as and when called upon for investigation and shall also be bound by all the conditions as contained in Section 438(2) Cr.PC. Petition qua petitioner no.2-Uttam Crl. Misc.No.M-27926 of 2010 # 3# Puri is dismissed as withdrawn. Disposed of in above terms. ( JASWANT SINGH ) JUDGE 11th October,2010 Vinay