Criminal Misc. No.41065-M of 2007 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No.41065-M of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision:17.03.2008 Jagdeep Pal Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Manish Kumar Singla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Anter Singh Brar, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Puja Chopra, Advocate for the complainant. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. The petitioner has approached this Court for anticipatory bail in FIR No.240 dated 6.7.2007 registered against the petitioner by his wife under Sections 498-A, 406 IPC at Police Station Tripuri, District Patiala. The primary contention of the petitioner was that before taking divorce from her earlier husband Dalip Singh, the complainant had performed marriage with the petitioner which is void and, accordingly, no offence as alleged in the FIR is made out. Learned counsel for the respondents pointed out that in fact in the complaint on the basis of which the FIR was registered on the date of marriage was inadvertently mentioned as 24.2.2004 whereas the marriage of the complainant with the petitioner was solemnised on 1.9.2004. Before that on 7.8.2004, the marriage of the complainant with Dalip Singh had earlier been dissolved by a decree of divorce passed by Additional District and Sessions Judge, Patiala. It is also pointed out that in the anticipatory bail application filed before the Court below, the petitioner himself had mentioned that after the divorce from earlier husband in August, 2004, the complainant had married with the petitioner on 1.9.2004. Similar are the allegations in the petition filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for restitution of conjugal rights but these facts have not been disclosed by the petitioner in the present petition. Criminal Misc. No.41065-M of 2007 (O&M) -2- Keeping in view the above conduct of the petitioner, this Court would not like to grant any relief to the petitioner. Dismissed. March 17, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE