Crl. Misc. No. M-20294 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-20294 of 2009 Date of Decision : August 19, 2009 Mahanga Singh and others .... Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Parminder Singh-I, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Mahanga Singh, Hoshiar Singh, Rajwinder Singh and Kanwar Narinder Singh have filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No.116 dated 17.07.2008, under Sections 302, 323, 148, 149, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (in short – IPC) and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, registered at Police Station Nahianwala, District Bathinda. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Injury relating to offence under Section 307 IPC was attributed to one Raj Bhupinder Singh (non-petitioner), who has, however, been found innocent by the police. Learned State counsel, even after seeking Crl. Misc. No. M-20294 of 2009 2 instructions from SI Kaur Singh, is unable to inform the Court as to who else caused the said injury as per investigation. However, it is stated that petitioners no.1 to 3 were armed with daangs and petitioner no.4 with gandasa. It is also stated that only simple injury with blunt weapon is attributed to petitioners no.1 and 2 and no injury is attributed to petitioner no.3 and 4. In view of the aforesaid, without commenting anything on merits, the instant petition is allowed. In the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on interim bail on furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the condition that the petitioners shall join investigation as and when required by the police and shall comply with the conditions specified in Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Presently, the petitioners are directed to join investigation on 26.08.2009 at 10:00 A.M. The instant order shall remain effective till one month after the filing of the charge-sheet by the police or till decision of regular bail application(s) of the petitioner(s), which ever is earlier. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. August 19, 2009 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE