CRM No. M-25158 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-25158 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 07.10.2009 Jagdish and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. IPS Kohli, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Jaswinder Singh, DAG, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J (oral). This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre-arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioners under Sections 307, 353, 332, 186, 148, 149 IPC at Police Station Khuian Sarwar, Ferozepur, vide FIR No.66 dated 17th June, 2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that only simple injuries have been attributed to the petitioners and thus they deserve the concession of pre-arrest bail. He has also referred to the orders passed in the case of co-accused Harkori and Krishan Kumar son of Sultan, who have been granted ad-interim pre-arrest bail by this court. Learned counsel for the State (on the instructions from SI Ram Ji, who is present in Court) has opposed the prayer for pre-arrest bail on the ground that the petitioners assaulted the police party while they were discharging their official duties. According to the counsel, CRM No. M-25158 of 2009 2 petitioner No.1 exhorted the other accused to assault the police officials whereafter number of injuries were caused to police officials, particularly ASI Ram Sarup and Head Constable Ami Chand. Petitioner No.2 himself caused injuries. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioners and given careful thought to the facts of the case. Keeping in view the fact that allegations against the petitioners are serious in nature as they assaulted the police party while they were performing their official duties pursuant to the registration of the FIR, they are not entitled to concession of anticipatory bail. The ad-interim pre-arrest bail granted to co-accused Harkori and Krishan Lal has no relevance to the facts of the present petition as Harkori was granted bail being an old lady and Krishan son of Sultan was also granted the concession on similar ground. I, thus, find no ground to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners. The petition is devoid of merits. The same is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE October 07, 2009 'rajpal'