Crl. Misc. No. M- 5102 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 5102 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 8, 2010 Shamsher Singh & another ........Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & another ........Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Pritam Saini, Advocate for Mr. Rajnish Narula, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Amandeep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Mehar Singh, Advocate, for the complainant. SABINA, J. Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a prayer that in the event of of their appearance in complaint case No.25 dated 14.2.2008, filed under Section 3(10) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, titled as “Surmukh Singh vs. Tarlochan etc”, pending in the Court of learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar. At the time of issuance of notice of motion on 22.2.2010, the following order was passed by this Court :- "Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that co-accused, who were similarly situated, were allowed anticipatory bail by this Court vide Annexure P-4. Crl. Misc. No. M- 5102 of 2010 (O&M) 2 Notice of motion for 7.4.2010. In the meantime, the petitioners are directed to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ropar and the petitioners be released on interim bail subject to its satisfaction.” Learned counsel for the petitioners has placed on record copy of the order whereby they had been released on interim bail by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate on 26.2.2010 in terms of the order passed by this Court dated 22.2.2010. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion of the merits of the case the interim bail furnished by the petitioners before the trial Court in terms of order dated 22.2.2010 is made absolute. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. (SABINA) July 8, 2010 JUDGE Anand