CRM No. M-3804 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-3804 of 2009 Date of decision: 10.02.2009 Jaspreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. S.P. Soi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 452, 324, 323, 506, 509, 148 & 149 IPC at Police Station Sahnewal, District Ludhiana, vide FIR No.16 dated 22nd January, 2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that version in the FIR is concocted and that the only allegation against the petitioner is that he inflicted Datar blow from its reverse side on the back of the complainant. According to the counsel, the petitioner is entitled to be granted concession of anticipatory bail in this case. A perusal of the order passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana shows that offence under Section 326 IPC has also been added in this case. The allegations in the FIR are quite serious in nature. According to the FIR, the complainant alongwith his wife was going on his motor cycle when the accused tried to stop the motor cycle and started misbehaving with the wife of the complainant. When the matter CRM No. M-3804 of 2009 2 was reported to the Sarpanch of the village, all the accused attacked the complainant on 21st January, 2009 at about 2.00 P.M. when the complainant was alone at home. The petitioner actively participated in the crime. I am of the considered view that custodial interrogation of the petitioner may be necessary in order to take the investigation to its logical end. Under the circumstances, I find no ground to grant the concession of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The petition is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE February 10, 2009 'rajpal'