Criminal Misc. No. M-24826 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-24826 of 2010 Date of decision : 02.02.2011 Kulwinder Singh and others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vikas Bahl, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy 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 petitioners vide FIR No. 74 dated 07.08.2010 under Sections 323, 324, 506, 148 & 149 IPC and Section 326 IPC added later on at Police Station Rahon, District SBS Nagar. Learned State counsel seeks to file reply by way of affidavit of Dharam Singh Uppal, Supdt., of Police (Detective) SBS Nagar. The prayer is accepted. Reply is taken on record. Learned State counsel has referred to the same and contended that number of raids were conducted to apprehend the remaining accused. He has also pointed out that Surjit Singh who was absconding has been arrested last night. As regards petitioners, learned State counsel (on instructions from ASI Karamjit Singh, who is present in court) submits that pursuant to order dated 26.08.2010, they have joined the Criminal Misc. No. M-24826 of 2010 2 investigation and are no longer required for custodial interrogation by the investigating agency. In view of the above, order dated 26.08.2010 is hereby made absolute subject to the conditions as envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. February 02, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE