IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-23834 of 2008 Date of Decision: October 21, 2008 Hardeep Singh & Others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Ritesh Pandey, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. H.S. Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) On 15.9.2008, while issuing notice of motion, the following has been noticed:- “This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. praying for anticipatory bail to the petitioners in FIR No.46 dated 02.08.2008 under Sections 326/324/148/148/149 IPC (later on Section 307 IPC was added), P.S. Dera Baba Nanak, Police Distt. Batala, District Gurdaspur. Contention of the learned counsel is that none of the petitioners has been attributed injury on account of which Section 326 or 307 IPC has been invoked. It has further been pointed out that petitioners no. 1 & 2 have been attributed lalkara only whereas the injury attributed to petitioner no. 3 was on the left leg and simple in nature. Learned counsel has also contended that the petitioners have been in possession of the land for the last 20 years continuously and a civil court decree is also in favour of the petitioners side. The FIR itself is after 18 days of the alleged incident.” Learned counsel for the respondent- Crl. Misc. No. M-23834 of 2008 [2] State, on instructions from Sarwan Singh, Head Constable, states that the petitioners have joined the investigation and are not required for further investigation at this stage. In view of the statement of learned counsel for the respondent-State, this petition is allowed. Order dated 15.9.2008 is hereby made absolute and it is directed that in the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Arresting/Investigating Officer, subject to the following conditions :- “(i) The petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation as and when required; (ii) The petitioners shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; and (iii) The petitioners shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court.” This order shall enure till 10 days after the petitioner receives a notice of filing of final report u/s 173, Cr.P.C. within which period, the petitioner would be at liberty to apply for regular bail. (AJAI LAMBA) October 21, 2008 JUDGE avin