IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc M- 11387 of 2010 Date of decision: 12.7.2010 Prem Pal and ors …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana …Respondent Present: Mr Vikram Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr KC Gupta, Sr DAG Haryana. S.S.SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in a case registered against them on 24.12.2009 for the offences under Sections 147, 149, 448, 323, 506 IPC and Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (Act for short). The FIR in the case has been lodged by Satwanti who is the wife of Tara Chand. Tara Chand had initiated proceedings under Section 133 CrPC for removal of the encroachments from the Gali Shaream. The SDM, Indri vide order dated 22.12.2009 directed Tara Chand – husband of the complainant and his family to vacate the Gali Shaream. Tara Chand – husband of the complainant is a Bank employee at Pinjore and the complainant who is the wife is living with her husband at Pinjore. According to the petitioners, she never visited Indri on 23.12.2009 when the incident is said to have occurred. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that no property of the complainant or her husband has been Cr Misc M-11387 of 2010 2 destroyed. Besides, the alleged offending words, it is alleged, had been uttered by the petitioners in the house of the complainant and not in any public place. Therefore, the provisions of Section 3(1)(x) of the Act are not attracted. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioners have joined the investigation and their custody is not required for the purposes of investigation. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 27.12.2009 is made absolute. This petition stands disposed of. 12.7.2010 ( S.S.SARON ) ASR Judge