Criminal Misc. No. M-34260 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-34260 of 2010 Date of decision : 24.01.2011 Manoj Kumar and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. RVS Chugh, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms. R.K. Nihalsinghwala, Addl. Advocate General Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered against the petitioners vide FIR No. 100 dated 02.09.2010 under Sections 307/324/323/427/353/186/148/149 IPC at Police Station Budhlada, District Mansa. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No. 3 (Ashwani Kumar), whose petition was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated November 22, 2010 shall surrender before the investigating agency/trial court within a week from today. As regards petitioners No. 1 & 2, he submits that pursuant to order dated 22.11.2010, they have joined the investigation. Learned counsel for the State (on instructions from H.C. Jeet Singh, who is present in court) does not dispute this factual averment. Criminal Misc. No. M-34260 of 2010 2 In view of the above, order dated 22.11.2010 is hereby made absolute qua petitioners No. 1 & 2 subject to the conditions as envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. It is, however, directed that in case petitioner No. 3 does not surrender within a week, investigating agency shall be at liberty to arrest him. January 24, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE