CRM- M 30770 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M 30770 of 2011 Date of decision : November 17, 2011 Jaiwinder Pal Singh, ...... Petitioner v. State of Punjab, ...... Respondent *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. R.K.Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.S.Gill, DAG Punjab *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) The petitioner seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.101, dated 26.8.2011, registered under Sections 307, 338, 279, 324, 323, 506, 427, 148, 149 of the IPC, at Police Station Machhiwara, Ludhiana. On 12.10.2011, the following contention was noticed :- “ Learned counsel has argued that the injury attributed to the petitioner is a mere abrasion and he himself is chronically ill and his son has already been arrested.” Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has joined the investigation. Counsel for the respondent, on instructions from ASI Labh Singh, has accepted the fact that the petitioner has joined the investigation CRM- M 30770 of 2011 ::2:: and that he is no more required for any custodial interrogation. In these circumstances, I deem it appropriate to grant the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Consequently, in the event of his arrest the petitioner shall be released on anticipatory bail by the Investigating Officer to his satisfaction subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Petition stands disposed of. ( AJAY TEWARI ) November 17, 2011. JUDGE `kk'