Crl.Misc.No.M-11060 of 2011 (O&M) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Decided on: July 27, 2011. Crl.Misc.No.M-11060 of 2011 (O&M). Sarabjit Kaur @ Niti .. Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI * * * PRESENT Mr.P.S.Sekhon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Kiratpal Singh Sidhu, DAG., Punjab. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner is a lady who has been in custody since 22.02.2011. The FIR was originally registered at the instance of Sunil Mehta, alleging that his daughter had been abducted by Vijender Pal Singh and others. The specific allegation against the petitioner was that she had facilitated the crime by Vijender Pal Singh. It has been submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that Vijender Pal Singh had married Kashika against the consent of the family members as such, Kashika and Vijender Pal Singh had sought protection from the High Court by filing a petition . . . 1 Crl.Misc.No.M-11060 of 2011 (O&M) Crl. Misc.No.M-5629 of 2011 (Annexure P-3). The part played by the petitioner has been highlighted in the statement of Palvinder Kaur (Annexure P-5) under Section 161 Cr.P.C. claiming that she had also been sexually abused by Vijender Pal Singh and his friends Raman, Harpreet Singh, Maninder Pal alias Prince and a servant Ramu. So far as the petitioner is concerned, she was allegedly working at a Saloon in Bathinda and helped the other co-accused in running sex racket. It is an admitted fact that main accused Vijender Pal Singh has not been arrested. The prosecutrix Kashika has also not been arrested. The petitioner is stated to be in advance stage of pregnancy and is expected to deliver in the first week of October. Taking into consideration the circumstances that the petitioner is a lady and there is no specific allegation of having directly helped the main accused in the commission of the offence of rape, she can be granted the concession of bail. The petition is allowed and it is ordered that the petitioner will be released on bail on her furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patiala, with a direction that she will not indulge in the activities alleged against her in this case. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE July 27, 2010. rka . . . 2