Crl. Misc. No. M- 33826 of 2008 Lakhbir Singh and Others v. State of Punjab and Others Present: Mr. Gurmeet Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. P.S. Sidhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab. Mr. B.K. Khanna, Advocate for the complainant. *** Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in a case registered against them for the offences under Sections 326, 323, 324/34 IPC. The FIR (Annexure P1) in the case has been registered on the statement of Narain Singh complainant. It has been alleged by the complainant that on 13.1.2008, he was enjoying the festival of Lohri of the son of his friend Jatinder Singh resident of Dehriwal. The accused came to the house of Jatinder Singh by using staircase of Avtar Singh. Avtar Singh was armed with ‘kirpan’, Lakhbir Singh @ Lucky (petitioner No.1), Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakhi (petitioner No.2) and Satnam Singh (petitioner No.3) were all armed with a ‘datar’ each. Avtar Singh gave a ‘dasti’ kirpan blow which hit on the little finger of the left hand of the complainant. Then Lakhbir Singh @ Lucky (petitioner No.1) gave the second blow with his ‘datar’ which hit on the back side of the right hand of the complainant. Gurpreet Singh – a friend of the complainant who was sitting there, came to rescue of the complainant. Thereafter, Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakhi (petitioner No.2) gave a dasti datar blow which hit on the right hand of the complainant. Satnam Singh (petitioner No.3) gave a blow with the reverse side of his ‘dasti’ datar which hit on the back of the right thigh of Gurpreet Singh - friend of the complainant. Then the complainant Narain Singh and his friend Gurpreet Singh raised an alarm. On hearing the alarm, Jatinder Singh and his father Satnam Singh came up and rescued them. The accused while going abused and gave beatings and went away along with their weapons by getting Crl. Misc. No. M- 33826 of 2008 [8] down through the staircase from the spot. The injured were taken in a vehicle to the Civil Hospital, Tanda. It is not in dispute that the injuries attributed to the petitioners on the complainant and Gurpreet Singh are on non-vital parts and the same have been opined to be simple in nature. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioners have joined the investigation. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 22.12.2008 is made absolute. Crl. Misc. petition stands disposed of. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE March 6, 2009 amit