Crl. Misc. No.M-2145 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-2145 of 2011 Date of Decision: August 1, 2011 Pawan …..Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.J.S. Bedi, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.Shalini Attri, DAG, Haryana. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the concession of regular bail in a case registered at the instance of Ram Kala alleging that her daughter had died an unnatural death by consumption of poison, as petitioner had been demanding ` 5 lacs as dowry from her daughter after ` 1 lac had been paid to him for the purchase of a plot in Gurgaon. Crl. Misc. No.M-2145 of 2011 [2] Statement of complainant Ram Kala has already been recorded wherein she has stated that a sum of ` 1 lac paid to the petitioner as loan has been returned to her within six months. She has also admitted that the deceased had delivered a dead child prior to her death and that on account of her having no issue, she used to remain frustrated. But two other witnesses Balbir Singh and Ramji Lal, the paternal uncles of the deceased have resiled from their statements. In view of above circumstances, the petitioner prima facie seems to have to some extent, rebutted the statutory presumption under Section 113-A of the Evidence Act. The material witnesses have already been examined. The right of the petitioner to lead defence evidence in peculiar circumstances of this case would be certainly defeated. Without expression of any opinion on merits of the case, the petitioner can be granted the concession of bail. The petition is allowed. Petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds/ surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. August 1, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE