Crl.M. No. M-6771 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 1) Crl.M. No. M-6771 of 2009 Date of decision : 22.4.2009. ... Naresh Kumar ................ Petitioner vs. State of Punjab .................Respondent 2) Crl.M. No. M-9091 of 2009 Date of decision : 22.4.2009. ... Gurminder Pal Singh ................ Petitioner vs. State of Punjab .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. Rajeev K. Kapila, Advocate for the petitioners. Sh. A.P. S. Mann, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab ... K.C. Puri, J. (Oral) Vide this order, I intend to dispose of Crl.M.Nos. M-6771 of 2009 and M-9091 of 2009, as both the petitions arise out of the same FIR. Petitioners- Naresh Kumar and Gurminder Pal Singh have Crl.M. No. M-6771 of 2009 -2- applied for grant of bail in case FIR No. 1, dated 9.1.2009, under Sections 307, 323, 148, 149 IPC at Police Station Hajipur, District Hoshiarpur. As per allegation of the prosecution, the law was set in motion on recording the statement of Raj Kumar, who has stated that on 8.1.2009, he alongwith Amardeep Singh, Pawan Kumar and Sita Ram member Panchayat, was standing at Bus Stand Karari at about 4.40 P.M., an open jeep colour black, without number, stopped at some distance from bus stand Karari on main road. From which Lucky s/o Chitwant Singh, Inderjit Singh s/o Malkiat Singh alongwith three more boys came there and started chasing Varun Kumar son of the complainant. They were having iron rod, kirpan and base ball bats and they gave injuries to Varun Kumar in their presence with their respective weapons. Varun Kumar raised a noise and those persons went away in the jeep. The complainant alongwith Amardeep Singh, Pawan Kumar and Sita Ram tried to find out those persons in a car. They were standing near the car, in the meantime, the said black colour jeep tried to overrun the complainant and his right leg was fractured from the thigh and he also received injury on the back side of head towards left side of left eye and on the right leg. According to the prosecution, Naresh Kumar – applicant was the driver of the said vehicle, whereas, applicant Gurminder Pal Singh was one of the occupants of the jeep, who also participated in the occurrence. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that parties have compromised. A photostat copy of the compromise dated Crl.M. No. M-6771 of 2009 -3- 14.3.2009 has also been placed on the file. It is further submitted that quashing petition on the basis of compromise has also been filed vide Crl. M. No. M-7816 of 2009, in which notice of motion has been issued Learned State counsel, on instructions of ASI Chaman Lal, has stated at the Bar that a copy of the compromise is also on the police file. However, he has further stated that validity of that compromise is to be verified. So, without commenting upon the merits of the case, both the applications stand accepted. Petitioners, Naresh Kumar and Gurminder Pal Singh, are ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. ( K.C. Puri ) 22.4.2009. Judge chugh