IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-28619 of 2010 Date of decision : 24.01.2011 Balwinder Singh @ Bimbal ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: None for the petitioner. Ms. R.K. Nihalsinghwala, Addl. 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 petitioner vide FIR No. 103 dated 15.07.2010 under Sections 452, 427, 506, 336, 148 & 149 IPC and Section 307 IPC (added later on) and Section 25/54/59 of the Arms Act at Police Station Sadar, Sangrur. At the outset, learned State counsel points out that despite opportunities granted by this court, the petitioner has not joined the investigation. It appears that petitioner was granted the concession of ad- interim pre-arrest bail vide order dated 30.09.2010. Thereafter, he was again directed to appear before the investigating officer vide order dated 08.12.2010. However, the petitioner having failed to join investigation as stated by the State counsel before this court, there is no ground made out to grant pre-arrest bail in this case. Accordingly, the petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. January 24, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE