Crl.Misc. No.M-13949 of 2011 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: July 29, 2011. Crl.Misc. No.M-13949 of 2011 (O&M). Avtar Singh @ Uttar Singh .. Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab. .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI * * * PRESENT Mr.Rajesh Narang, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Arshvinder Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab. * * * M.M.S.BEDI, J (ORAL). The petitioner belongs to the group of liquor contractors and he along with Sunny, Gagga, Harman and two others unidentified persons is alleged to have intercepted the complainant when he was going on motorcycle. He was inflicted injuries by Sunny as well as by the petitioner. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is merely driver of the Balero vehicle and that only simple injury has been attributed to him. During the course of arguments, it transpires that the complainant indulges in illicit liquor and the . . . 1 Crl.Misc. No.M-13949 of 2011 (O&M) petitioner along with others wanted to advise the complainant not to indulge in such activities. Locus standi of the petitioner and others to take law in their hands will be a debatable issue. Since the petitioner as a member of an unlawful assembly unnecessarily terrorized the and injured him, no extra ordinary exceptional circumstances exist to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. State counsel has contended that as the co- accused has been granted the concession of regular bail, the petitioner will also be entitled to the same relief of regular bail after his arrest. Counsel for the petitioner submits that Harnam Singh has been granted the bail by this Court. The case of the petitioner is not at par with Harnam Singh as no specific injury has been attributed to said Harnam Singh, whereas the petitioner has been attributed specific fists blow on the eye of the complainant. The petition is dismissed. This order will, however, not in any manner prejudice the rights of the petitioner to seek the concession of regular bail by surrendering before the the Illaqua Magistrate or before the Investigating Officer. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE July 29, 2011. rka . . . 2