Crl.Misc. No.116-MA of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. 116-MA of 2008 Date of Decision: 27th March, 2008 State of Punjab. …. Appellant Versus Karam Singh … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr. D.S. Brar, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for the appellant. S.D. Anand, J. State of Punjab is in appeal against the acquittal of respondent accused – Karam Singh by the learned Trial Judge. The respondent accused – Karam Singh was tried along with Jarnail Singh in case FIR No. 36 dated 28.02.2004, on a charge under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code. The latter was convicted. We find that the respondent accused – Karam Singh, who is father of the convicted accused Jarnail Singh (and father-in-law of the deceased lady) had been found innocent by the police in an investigation. He was found to be separate in mess and in residence from the convicted accused. On that premise, the learned Trial Judge recorded a finding that respondent accused – Karam Singh was not proved to have ever raised any dowry demand from the deceased lady or from her relatives nor was there any occasion for him to maltreat the deceased lady. Crl.Misc. No.116-MA of 2008 2 We have examined the impugned finding on the touch stone of the parameters laid down by the Apex Court in Ramesh Babulal vs. State of Gujarat, AIR 1996 SC 2035, Jaswant Singh vs. State of Haryana, AIR 2000 SC 1833 and Main Pal vs. State of Haryana, AIR 2004 SC 2158 for adjudication of a such like controversy. We find that the impugned finding does not call for any interference. Dismissed. ( S.D. Anand ) Judge March 27, 2008 ( Adarsh Kumar Goel ) vkd Judge