IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No. M- 27523 of 2009 Date of decision:- 19.4.2010 Gurmej Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present:- Mr. Amitoj Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. Ravinder Kaur Nihalsinghwala, Addl. A.G. Punjab. RAM CHAND GUPTA J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in FIR No.24 dated 26.6.2009, under Sections 120-B, 366-A and 506 IPC, registered at Police Station Garhdiwala, District Hoshiarpur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. A Co-ordinate Bench of this Court while issuing notice of motion on 01.10.2009, passed the following order:- “The daughter of the complainant namely Amandeep Kaur alias Amna had run away with Gurmej Singh @ Geji- petitioner and thereafter they had married on 20.7.2009. They had also appeared before this Court from where the order for the protection was passed on 27.7.2009 at the instance of Sultan Ahmed, father of Amandeep Kaur alias Amna. Notice of motion for 5.11.2009. In the meanwhile, it is directed that in the event of arrest of the petitioners, they shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the Arresting Officer, subject to the following conditions:- i) that the petitioners shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; Criminal Misc.No. M- 27523 of 2009 -2- ii) that 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 them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; iii) that the petitioners shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. It has been stated by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have joined the investigation in pursuance of the said order. It has been stated by learned counsel for the respondent-State that the petitioners have joined the investigation and are no more required for any custodial interrogation. There are no allegations on behalf of the State that the petitioners are likely to abscond or that they are 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, the present petition for anticipatory bail is accepted and order dated 01.10.2009 granting interim bail to the petitioners Gurmej Singh, Sarwan Singh @ Johni and Avtar Singh, is, hereby confirmed subject to the compliance of conditions contained in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The present petition stands disposed of accordingly. April 19, 2010 ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) vj JUDGE