Crl. Misc. No. M-35167 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-35167 of 2011 Date of Decision : 8th December, 2011 Charanjit Singh @ Channa .... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. A. S. Kalra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R. S. Rawat, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Charanjit Singh @ Channa has filed the instant petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short Cr. P.C.) for anticipatory bail in FIR No.143 dated 14.12.2009 under Sections 307, 148, 149 IPC registered at Police Station Sarhali, District Tarn Taran. In all, five persons including the petitioner were named as accused in the FIR lodged by the deceased himself, but after investigation, the police presented chalan against Kashmir Singh accused only, finding the remaining four accused including the petitioner as innocent. However, now the petitioner and other persons named in the FIR have also been summoned as additional accused on application filed under Section 319 Cr. P.C. Counsel for the petitioner contended that in the FIR, the only role attributed to the petitioner was of hurling abuses and raising lalkara. Crl. Misc. No. M-35167 of 2011 -2- Even in the witness box, Dhira Singh PW (brother of the deceased) has broadly attributed the same role to the petitioner. It is also pointed out that the petitioner was empty handed. It is also submitted that the petitioner was found innocent by the Police. Keeping in view all the circumstances, but without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, I find it to be a fit case to extend the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is allowed. If the petitioner appears in the trial court on the date fixed there or within fifteen days from today, whichever is earlier, he shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. 8th December, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) 'raj' JUDGE