IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-37284 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 8.3.2011 ... Amritpal Sharma ................Petitioner vs. State of Punjab and others .................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioner Sh. S. S. Bhinder, Senior Additional Advocate General with Sh. J.S. Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. Sh. Manish Bansal, Advocate for respondents No. 2 and 3. ... K.C. Puri, J. The petitioner has appeared before the trial Court and submitted bail bonds. Learned counsel for respondents No. 2 and 3 has submitted that in view of Section 18 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, the application for anticipatory bail cannot be allowed. However, this Court vide order dated 20.12.2010 has observed that present complaint may be the counter blast to a criminal case bearing FIR No. 153 dated 26.12.2009 registered under Sections 382, 323, 341, 506, 148, 149 IPC against respondent No.3. So, in these circumstances, the order dated 20.12.2010, is made absolute. ( K.C. Puri ) 8.3.2011 Judge chugh