Crl. Misc. No. M-25610 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-25610 of 2011 Date of Decision : December 09, 2011 Gurpreet Singh .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Sandeep Singh Majithia, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. R. S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : By this common order, I am disposing of two bail petitions i.e. Crl. Misc. No. M-25610 of 2011 filed by accused Gurpreet Singh and Crl. Misc. No. M-26230 of 2011 filed by accused Manpreet Singh @ Pinki @ Pindi – both seeking bail in case FIR No.54 dated 21.06.2010, under Sections 302, 308, 323, 148, 149, 427, 294 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (in short – IPC), registered at Police Station City Jagraon, District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Crl. Misc. No. M-25610 of 2011 2 Without going into the merits of the case, counsel for the petitioners contended that petitioner Gurpreet Singh allegedly inflicted rod blow on the right foot of the deceased, whereas petitioner Manpreet Singh @ Pinki @ Pindi inflicted iron rod blows on both hands of the deceased, but there was no corresponding injury found on the dead body of the deceased. It is also submitted that petitioners' co-accused Dharam Pal Singh @ Dharma, Joginder Singh and Simranpal Singh have been granted bail by this Court under similar circumstances when injuries attributed to them to have been caused to the deceased were not found on the dead body, vide orders dated 08.06.2011, 08.06.2011 and 26.08.2011 passed in Crl. Misc. No. M- 12311 of 2011, Crl. Misc. No. M-12253 of 2011 and Crl. Misc. No. M- 21606 of 2011 respectively. Learned State counsel, on instructions from HC Darshan Singh, does not controvert the aforesaid factual position. It is also stated by counsel for both the parties that petitioners are in custody since 09.07.2010 i.e. for 01 year and 05 months. In view of the aforesaid, without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, both the bail petitions are allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana. December 09, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE