Crl.M.No.M 33679 of 2009 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M 33679 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: March 16, 2010 Ram Mehar .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.R.S.Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.83, dated 15.10.2009, registered under Sections 420/467/468/471/120-B IPC, at Police Station Khanauri, District Sangrur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. A Coordinate Bench of this Court on 2.12.2009, passed the following order: “ Adjourned to 19.1.2010. In the meantime, in the event of arrest, the petitioner shall be released on anticipatory bail to the satisfaction of the Investigating/Arresting Officer, subject to the following conditions:- 1. He will make himself available for investigation as and when required to do so. 2. He will not leave the country without the prior permission of the Court. 3. He will not directly or indirectly make any inducement, Crl.M.No.M 33679 of 2009 (O&M) -2- 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 official.” It has been stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that pursuant to the said order, the petitioner has already joined the investigation and that he is no more required for any investigation. It has been stated by learned State counsel as well, on instructions from Sukhwant Singh,HC, that the petitioner has joined the investigation and that he is no more required for any custodial interrogation by the police. There are no allegations on behalf of the State that petitioner is likely to abscond or that he is likely to dissuade the witnesses from deposing true facts in the Court, if released on bail. In view of these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, order dated 2.12.2009, granting interim bail to petitioner-Ram Mehar is, hereby, confirmed subject to the compliance of conditions contained in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The present petition stands disposed of accordingly. 16.3.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge