Criminal Misc. No. M-36731 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-36731 of 2010 Date of decision : 18.01.2011 Tejinder Singh @ Jinder Singh and three others ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vishal Deep Goyal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail in a case where the petitioners have been summoned to face trial for commission of offences under Sections 3(1)(ii)(v)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Section 506 of the IPC by ACJM, Ropar, vide order dated 11.02.2010 in a complaint case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that pursuant to order passed on 15.12.2010 by a Coordinate Bench (Jaswant Singh, J), the petitioners have appeared before the trial court and furnished bail bonds. The operative para of the order dated 15.12.2010 reads thus:- “It is submitted that petitioner No. 2 is the Sarpanch whereas petitioner No. 1 is his brother and rest of the petitioners i.e. petitioner Nos. 3 & 4 are his supporters. It is further averred that complainant Gurmail Singh a drunkard and of quarrelsome nature and on account of petitioner No. 2 Criminal Misc. No. M-36731 of 2010 2 having launched proceedings under Section 107/151 Cr.P.C., the present complaint has been filed with false allegations. It is further submitted that the alleged incident was inquired into by the DSP and SDM and in both the inquiry reports P3/P4, the allegations were found to be incorrect. Notice of motion for 18.01.2011. In the meanwhile in case petitioners surrender before the trial court they shall be released on interim bail to the satisfaction of the trial court” Learned State counsel is not in a position to dispute the factual contentions that petitioners have appeared before the trial court and furnished bail bonds. In view of above, order dated 15.12.2010 is hereby made absolute subject to the conditions as envisaged under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. January 18, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE