Crl. Misc. No. M-27480 of 2009 Manjit Singh v. State of Punjab Present : Mrs. G.K. Mann, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. VPS Sidhu, AAG, Punjab. *** Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 326, 324, 148/149 Indian Penal Code. The FIR in the case has been registered on the statement of Jagdish Singh who is from the side of the petitioner. The petitioner Manjit Singh is implicated in the cross case registered on the statement of Raj Karanjit Singh @ D.C. As per the allegation in the cross case, Manjit Singh was armed with ‘datar’ and he gave a ‘datar’ blow which hit on the back of the neck of Raj Karanjit Singh. The injured raised his right hand to ward off the ‘datar’ then the ‘datar’ hit on his left elbow. As per the medical report dated 25.3.2009 of injured Raj Karanjit Singh, injury No.1 is an incised wound 6.1 x 0.7 cm obliquely placed on the back of neck just below posterior hair line. The margins are clear cut. There is a swelling. Injury No.2 is a slashed incised wound 5.3 x 3.5 cm present on near aspect of back of right fore-arm. 6.5 cm above right wrist margins are clear and there is swelling. After X-ray examination, injury No.1 has been opined to be simple in nature and injury No.2 is grievous. Learned State counsel on instructions from SI Tarsem Lal, Police Station Majitha, District Amritsar has submitted that the petitioner Manjit Singh has joined investigation on 18.10.2009 and Crl. Misc. No. M-27480 of 2009 [2] the datar has recovered. Therefore, the custody of the petitioner is not required for the purposes of investigation. The injury on the neck of Raj Karanjit Singh is simple in nature and injury on the right fore- arm is grevious in nature but is on a non-vital part. Besides, the FIR was registered on 24.3.2009. However, the cross-version on the statement of Raj Karanjit Singh was recorded on 1.7.2009. The challan in the FIR case has already been filed. The petitioner himself suffered injuries in the incident which is evident from his medico- legal report (Annexure P1). It is the injury suffered by the petitioner vide which the offence under Section 307 IPC has been attributed to the accused in the FIR case. In the afore-noticed circumstances, the interim bail granted on 29.9.2009 is made absolute. Crl. Misc. petition stands disposed of. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE January 14, 2010 amit