Criminal Misc.No.M-14670 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:-10.9.2010 Gurdit Singh and Shamsher Singh ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present:- Mr.Brijeshwar Singh Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Shilesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. M ehinder S ingh S ullar , J . (Oral) Invoking the provisions of section 438 Cr.PC., the petitioners have directed the present petition for anticipatory bail in a case registered against them, vide FIR No.92 dated 26.6.2009, on accusation of having committed the offence punishable under sections 420, 467 and 471 IPC and section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 by the police of Police Station Zira, District Ferozepur. 2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State. 3. As is evident from the record that a Coordinate Bench of this court (Gurdev Singh, J.), while issuing notice of motion, passed the following order:- “It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that no recovery was effected from the possession of the petitioners and that they had not been running any medical store and that no such licence was issued in their names. Notice of motion for 20.7.2010. In the meanwhile, in case of arrest of the petitioners in the FIR mentioned in the petition, they shall be released Criminal Misc.No.M-14670 of 2010 2 on interim bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer, subject to the following conditions:- (i) They shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii)they shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officers; and (iii)they shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court.” 4. Learned State counsel has fairly conceded that the petitioners have already joined the investigation alongwith other co-accused and they are no longer required for further interrogation at this stage. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, after going through the record with their valuable assistance and after deep consideration of the matter, the present petition for anticipatory bail is allowed. In the event of arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail on their furnishing bail/surety bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- each to the satisfaction of Arresting Officer. 6. However, the petitioners are directed to make themselves available for interrogation by the Investigating Agency as and when required. They shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. 10.9.2010 (Mehinder Singh Sullar) AS Judge