IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-31767 of 2010 Date of decision : 28.10.2010 Ramesh Kumar …. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ….. Respondent Present : Mr. Amit Dhawan, Advocate for the petitioner. *** S.S. SARON, J. Heard counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him on 21.7.2010 for the offences under Sections 353, 332, 379, 342, 186 and 34 IPC. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Sh. Pawan Kumar, SDO in the Punjab State Power Corporation. It is alleged by Pawan Kumar that on 21.7.2010 at 6.00 a.m. he along with Harbans Singh, Meter Inspector and Ashok Kumar, Meter Inspector had gone to village Mithapur for checking electricity connections on the directions of higher officers. During checking at King colony, they went to the house of Parkash Chand, father of the petitioner. They found that the electricity supply to his (Parkash Chand’s) house had been tampered with by putting an unauthorized wire in the roof. When the checking team was taking photographs with their mobile phones, then Parkash Chand and his two sons namely Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda and Ramesh Kumar (petitioner) gave a beating to the employees. They closed the main gate and misbehaved with the checking party. They snatched their Crl. Misc. No. M-31767 of 2010 [2] checking register and writing pad. The injured were medically examined. Pawan Kumar, SDO who is the complainant suffered two blunt injuries. The other injured namely Harbans Singh and Ashok Kumar had also received injuries. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that Parkash Chand and his son Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda were arrested and had been released on bail. It is submitted that the petitioner is entitled to bail as he has only been named by the complainant. After giving my thoughtful consideration to the matter, it may be noticed that the petitioner along with his father Parkash Chand and brother Kulwinder Singh @ Kinda had caused injuries to Pawan Kumar, SDO and other two members of the checking party which had come to check regarding theft of electricity. The father of the petitioner had put an unauthorized wire which came through the roof of his house. The main switch of supply of electricity had been switched off. After the theft had been detected while photographs were being taken, the checking party was attacked and injuries were caused. In the facts and circumstances, keeping in view the nature of allegations against the petitioner, no ground for grant of pre-arrest bail is made out. Accordingly, the Crl. Misc. petition is dismissed. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE October 28, 2010 amit