IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-314 of 2011 Date of decision : 14.02.2011 Joginder Singh and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Salil Bali, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioners vide FIR No. 23 dated 18.03.2010 under Sections 452, 324, 323, 427, 148 & 149 IPC and Section 326 IPC added later on at Police Station Mamdot, District Ferozepur. Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Mukhtair Singh, who is present in court submits that pursuant to order dated 12.01.2011, petitioner No. 2 has joined investigation and is no longer required. He, however, submits that petitioner No. 1 whose pre-arrest bail application was dismissed as withdrawn on 12.01.2011 has not surrendered before the investigating agency. In view of the above, order dated 12.01.2011 is hereby made absolute qua petitioner No. 2 subject to the conditions as envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. It is, however, made clear that investigating agency shall be at liberty to arrest petitioner No. 1. February 14, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE