CRM-M-15758 of 2009 (O&M) - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CRM-M-15758 of 2009 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 03.07.2009 **** Lakhwinder Singh and others . . . . Petitioners VS. Jagsir Singh . . . . Respondent/Complainant **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN **** Present: Mr.P.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioners. Ms.Sushil Kumar Saini, Advocate for the complainant/respondent. **** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN J.(ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioners, inter alia, contends that the alleged injury suffered by the complainant is simple in nature and no case is made out under the provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Learned counsel for the complainant submits that only Lakhwinder Singh and Manjit Singh had used castiest words and Manjit Singh had inflicted the injury which was of course simple in nature. Petitioners No.3 to 6 neither uttered any castiest words nor inflicted any injury but they had also beaten the complainant/respondent. Learned counsel for the complainant/respondent could not point that at the time when the CRM-M-15758 of 2009 (O&M) - 2 - alleged castiest words were uttered by petitioners No.1 and 2, anybody was present or it was in the public view, although, he has, inter alia, contended that when they were giving beatings to the complainant/respondent some persons came to save him. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 3.6.2009, the petitioners have surrendered before the Trial Court on 10.6.2009 and have been released on interim bail after furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Trial Court. Be that as it may. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, order dated 3.6.2009 is hereby made absolute. Petition is disposed of. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JULY 03, 2009 JUDGE vivek