JUDGMENT :

AMOL RATTAN SINGH, J.

1. By this petition, filed under the provisions of Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. the petitioners seek the concession of anticipatory bail, upon FIR No. 472, dated 05.12.2020, having been registered at Police Station City Barnala, alleging therein the commission of offences punishable under the provisions of Sections 451, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC, with Sections 325 and 459 thereof added subsequently in the FIR.

2. Today learned counsel for the petitioners cites a judgment of the Supreme Court in Pradeep Ram vs. State of Jharkhand and Others (Crl. Appeal No. 816-817 of 2019, decided on 01.07.2019), wherein, after discussing the case law on the issue of a right of an accused to continue to remain on bail after bail was already granted to him in respect of offences earlier mentioned in the FIR, upon the addition of offences subsequently in the same FIR, it was held in paragraph 29 of that judgment as follows:-

“In view of the foregoing discussions, we arrive at following conclusions in respect of a circumstance where after grant of bail to an accused, further cognizable and non-bailable offences are added:-

(i) The accused can surrender and apply for bail fo