Criminal Misc. No. M-19844 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-19844 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 18.07.2011 Hardeep Singh ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. P.S. Baath, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) Crl. Misc. No. 36380 of 2011 This is an application for placing on record order dated 05.02.2009. Application is allowed as prayed for. The order is taken on record as Annexure P-4. Criminal Misc. No. M-19844 of 2011 This is a second anticipatory bail application praying for pre- arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 307/324/323/120-B/34 IPC vide FIR No. 62 dated 04.05.2008 at police station Sirhind, District Fatehgarh Sahib. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that during the pendency of investigation, an inquiry was conducted by a senior officer wherein the petitioner has been found to be innocent thus he is entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. Heard. Criminal Misc. No. M-19844 of 2011 (O&M) 2 It appears that pre-arrest bail application earlier preferred by the petitioner was dismissed by a detailed order on February 5, 2009. The allegation against the petitioner was that he assaulted the complainant who had come to Punjab from Australia. On 1st May, 2008 at about 8.30 p.m. when he was making purchases for the children, one of the accused held his neck and gave a kirch blow on his face. Thereafter, a second blow was given in the stomach by the same weapon. The complainant was thereafter taken to Civil Hospital, Fatehgarh Sahib. It appears that despite dismissal of pre-arrest bail application on February 5, 2009, the petitioner has succeeded in evading the process of law for a fairly long period. More than two years have elapsed since the pre-arrest bail application was dismissed. In view of above, I find no ground to grant concession of pre- arrest bail. The petition is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed. July 18, 2011 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE