(1.) Prayer in this petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 0005 dated 08.01.2020, registered under Sections 3(1) (x) & 3(l)(vii) of the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short 'SC/ST Act') at Police Station City Gurdaspur, District Gurdaspur.
(2.) The operative part of the order dated 30.01.2020, vide which the petitioner has been granted interim bail, is reproduced below:
(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, in pursuance to the order dated 30.01.2020, has already appeared before the SHO/Investigating Officer and has joined the investigation.