Crl. Misc. No. M-33106 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-33106 of 2011 Date of Decision : 19th December, 2011 Balhar Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Ranjan Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A. S. Brar, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Balhar Singh has filed the instant petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No.65 dated 06.10.2011 under Sections 457, 427, 506, 323, 324, 148, 149, 120-B, 452, 326 and 325 IPC registered at Police Station Tarsika Sahib, District Amritsar (Rural). I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to prosecution version, mob of about 70 persons trespassed into Dera and caused injuries to three persons with sharp and blunt weapons resulting in grievous as well as simple injuries. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that no role has been Crl. Misc. No. M-33106 of 2011 -2- attributed to the petitioner in the FIR. However, learned State counsel on instructions from SI Balkar Singh, stated that it has come during investigation in the statement of injured Tarsem Singh, recorded under Section 161 Cr.P.C. that the present petitioner inflicted iron rod-blow to Tarsem Singh resulting into grievous hurt. It is case of mob violence in which the petitioner is attributed to have caused grievous hurt to one of the injured persons. Consequently, the petitioner does not deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. Dismissed without meaning to express any opinion on merit of the case. 19th December, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) 'raj' JUDGE