IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 11837 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision : May 04, 2009 Ravinder Singh Rana ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pritam Pal Present : Mr. AK Khubbar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Vishal Munjal, DAG Punjab Pritam Pal,J. (Oral) Petitioner has brought this petition under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No.70 dated 5.3.2009 under sections 341, 323, 148, 149, 308 IPC registered at Police Station Kharar District Mohali. The petitioner along with co-accused namely Satnam Singh and Darshan Singh is alleged to have caused injuries on the person of Gurwinder Singh, 20 years of age and student of Engineering College. The petitioner and his co-accused were armed with deadly weapons like iron rods and kirpans etc. The injuries sustained by victim Gurwinder Singh have been declared as dangerous to life by the senior doctors of PGI, Chandigarh. In this regard, the opinion obtained by the police from the doctors has also been shown in the Court. Keeping in view the seriousness and gravity of the offence, the petitioner is not entitled to anticipatory bail as the provisions under section Criminal Misc. No. 11837 of 2009 (O&M) -2- 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are to be invoked sparingly and in exceptional circumstances, which are lacking in this case. Criminal Misc. is dismissed. ( Pritam Pal ) May 04, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'