Criminal Misc.-M No. 26214 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 26214 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.9.2011 Deepak Kumar .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. H. S. Batth, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. P. S. Bajwa, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. The petitioner in the present case has been attributed injury on the head of Harmanjit Singh. The alleged incident took place at 9.30 PM, at a place about 15-20 kilometers away from Government Medical College, Amritsar. The injured was admitted in the hospital at 12.15 A.M. on the next day and was found to have suffered an incised wound 5.5 x 0.6 cm, obliquely placed in the centre of head crossing midline, 7.0 cm above medical end of right eyebrow. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that all other accused in the FIR have already been granted benefit of pre-arrest bail. The injured was directed to be examined by the Medical Board, however, twice he did not appear. He appeared before the Board on 25.7.2011. The Board opined that possibility of the injury being caused by friendly hand could not be ruled out. He also submitted that the petitioner also suffered two grievous injuries in the alleged fight. Learned counsel for the State submitted that the cross-version got registered by the petitioner has been cancelled. Injury No.1 suffered by Criminal Misc.-M No. 26214 of 2011 [2] Harmanjit Singh was opined to be grievous in nature. Merely because the Board had opined that possibility of its being caused by friendly hand could not be ruled out, it cannot be said that the injury was caused by friendly hand, especially when there is skull fracture on the head of the injured. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that after the alleged incident occurred at 9.30 PM about 15-20 kilometers away from the hospital; the injured having been admitted in the hospital at 12.15 A.M. on the next day and the injury attributed to the petitioner being on the head of Harmanjit Singh, in my opinion, the petitioner does not deserve concession of pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 16.9.2011 mk