IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-38115 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 8.3.2011 ... Ashok Kumar and another ................Petitioners vs. State of Punjab and others .................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioners Sh. S. S. Bhinder, Senior Additional Advocate General with Sh. J.S. Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Sh. Manish Bansal, Advocate for respondents No. 2 and 3. ... K.C. Puri, J. The petitioners have appeared before the trial Court and submitted bail bonds. Learned counsel for respondents No. 2 and 3 has submitted that in view of Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, the application for anticipatory bail cannot be allowed. However, this Court vide order dated 24.12.2010 has observed that present complaint may be the counter blast to a criminal case bearing FIR No. 153 dated 26.12.2009 registered under Sections 382, 323, 341, 506, 148, 149 IPC against respondent No.3. So, in these circumstances, the order dated 24.12.2010, is made absolute. ( K.C. Puri ) 8.3.2011 Judge chugh