In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M- 37056 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 17.12.2010 Jaswinder Singh and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.Vikas Bahl, Advocate, for the petitioners. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.18 dated 12.3.2010 under Sections 323, 324, 427, 148 , 149 and Section 326 (added later on) of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Behram, District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. The contents of the FIR (Annexure P-1) read as under:- “On 9.3.2010 at about 9.30 pm, I was sleeping in my house then from outside some body knocked our gate called to open the gate as he was Lakhvir Singh's friend and has to meet him. When I got up and opened the door Criminal Misc. No.M- 37056 of 2010 (O&M) -2- then I saw that Jagtar Singh @ Bhai, Goggi @ Kuldeep, Deepu, residents of Mandali and along with them some unidentified boys were present there, who were having Gandasis and kirpans with them. Jagtar Singh gave his armed kirpan blow to me which hit on the fingers of my right hand and Gogi gave a blow from his armed Gandasa to me which hit on my nose, then my nephew Lakhvir Singh after pulling me inside closed the gate. They also inflicted injury to my nephew Lakhvir Singh and subsequently Deepu and unidentified persons with him also hit our gate and windows with their gandasis and kirpans, due to which our windows and gate got damaged. On hearing my hue and cry my brother Karnail Singh went up the roof and saw then all these persons ran away from the spot along with their respective weapons. Thereafter, Jasvir Singh s/o Mohan Singh who is my nephew after arranging for the vehicle got me admitted in Civil Hospital, Banga for medical treatment, where I am under treatment. The cause of animosity is that few days back a dispute had, also taken place between us which was compromised. Till now efforts to effect the compromise between us were being taken which could not be finalized.” After hearing learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of Criminal Misc. No.M- 37056 of 2010 (O&M) -3- the opinion that no ground for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. The allegations levelled against the petitioners are serious in nature. The case of the prosecution is that Jaswinder Singh is also known as Jagtar Singh and at the time of alleged occurrence, he was armed with a kirpan and had given a blow on the fingers of the right hand of complainant Gian Singh. Petitioner No.2 was armed with a gandasi and had given a blow with the same on the nose of the complainant. The injuries attributed to the petitioners are grievous in nature. The petitioners might be required for custodial interrogation. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE December 17, 2010 anita