In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-36086 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:18.2.2010 Dharminder Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Jaswinder Singh Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ...... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him on 25.8.2009 for the offences under Sections 365, 342, 323, 325, 148 and 149 IPC. In the incident that occurred on 22.8.2009, the petitioner is alleged to have hit the complainant-Kulwinder Singh with the butt of the rifle on the back of his right shoulder. The said injury is simple in nature. The co-accused of the petitioner, namely, Manjit Singh, Labh Singh and Harjinder Singh have been granted the concession of bail vide order dated 11.11.2009 and two orders dated 15.12.2009 passed by this Court. Thereafter, Lakhbir Singh has been granted the concession of pre-arrest bail vide order dated 11.1.2010. In consequence of the interim bail granted to the petitioner on 11.1.2010, learned counsel for the State, on instructions from Head Cr. Misc. No.M-36086 of 2009 [2] Constable Balkar Singh, Police Station Sadar, Ludhiana, has submitted that the petitioner has joined investigation and his custody is not required for the purpose of investigation. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 11.1.2010 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. February 18, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*