Crl.M.No.M-15874 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-15874 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: September 6, 2010 Alam and others .....Petitioners v. State of Haryana .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Sarfraj Hussain, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Amandeep Singh, AAG, Haryana. ..... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in FIR No.332 of 2.10.2009, registered under Sections 148, 149, 323, 304, 506 IPC, at Police Station Punhana, District Mewat. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. A Coordinate Bench of this Court on 28.5.2010 passed the following order: “ The petitioners are directed to appear before the Investigating Officer on 4.6.2010, at 10 A.M. for joining investigation. Adjourned to 11.8.2010. Meanwhile, the petitioners shall not be arrested.” It has been stated by learned counsel for the petitioners that pursuant to the said order, the petitioners have already joined the investigation. It is further contended that injuries attributed to petitioner nos.1 and 2, Alam and Mehboob, are only stone blows to injured Mehmoodi. It is further contended that Injury attributed to petitioner no.3- Umar is simple in nature to complainant and simple injuries have been Crl.M.No.M-15874 of 2010 (O&M) -2- attributed to petitioner nos.4 and 5 Aasamddin and Rafiq to Dhupa and Khurshid. No injury has been attributed to any of the petitioners to the deceased. It is further contended that similarly placed co-accused, namely, Usman and Siraju have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 29.3.2010 passed in Crl.M.No.M-28634 of 2009. It has been stated by learned State counsel as well that the petitioners have joined the investigation and that they are no more required for any custodial interrogation by the police. The facts as argued by learned counsel for the petitioners have also not been disputed. There are no allegations on behalf of the State that petitioners are likely to abscond or that they are likely to dissuade the witnesses from deposing true facts in the Court, if released on bail. In view of these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, order dated 28.5.2010, granting interim bail to petitioners-Alam, Mehboob, Umar, Aasamddin and Rafiq, is, hereby made absolute subject to the compliance of conditions contained in Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C. The present petition stands disposed of accordingly. 6.9.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge