In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-19970 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:19.7.2010 Manpreet Singh alias Mani .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Davinder Bir Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The petitioner prays for regular bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 302, 307, 325, 323 and 34 IPC. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Mastan Singh. It is alleged that on 27.6.2009 complainant Mastan Singh along with his nephew Kuldeep Singh and Bahadur Singh were reconstructing the ridges in the fields. The complainant was puddling the fields with his tractor. At about 11.00 a.m. Bhagwant Singh who is the neighbour of the complainant armed with Kaholi, Manpreet Singh alias Mani (petitioner) armed with an iron rod and Jagtar Singh armed with a Salang came there raising Lalkaras. They were saying that they would teach a lesson for demolishing their ridges in the fields. The petitioner Manpreet Singh alias Mani gave a blow with the iron rod in his hand on the person of Cr. Misc. No.M-19970 of 2010 [2] Kuldeep Singh (deceased) which hit him on his head as a result of the blow Kuldeep Singh fell down. The complainant along with Bahadur Singh started attending on Kuldeep Singh. While they were doing so, the petitioner hit an iron rod on the head of the complainant Mastan Singh. Jagtar Singh gave a Salang blow on the right arm of the complainant. Bhagwant Singh gave a Kaholi blow hitting on the head of the complainant. Jagtar Singh gave a Salang blow towards Bahadur Singh hitting him on his left hand. Manpreet Singh gave another blow with an iron rod hitting on the head of Bahadur Singh. Then an alarm was raised and the assailants ran away from the spot with their respective weapons. The cause of the grudge was that the accused used to indulge in trimming their ridges on earlier occasions. Gurdev Singh took the injured to the hospital in his car and got them admitted in Civil Hospital, Morinda. Bahadur Singh was admitted while the complainant and Kuldeep Singh were referred to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. The petitioner is the main accused in the case. He hit the iron rod that he was holding on the head of Kuldeep Singh. The injury caused by him proved fatal. In terms of the order dated 10.6.2010 (Annexure-P.2) passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Rupnagar it has been observed that seven witnesses have been examined in the case and the case was almost ripe and only few witnesses remain to be examined. It has also been observed that the trial is being carried out at an expeditious pace and it is apprehended that in case the petitioner is released on bail at this stage then it would provide him a chance to intimidate the remaining witnesses. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and circumstances, no ground for grant of bail is made out. Cr. Misc. No.M-19970 of 2010 [3] Accordingly, the criminal miscellaneous petition is dismissed. July 19, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*