CRM No. M-17949 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CRM No. M-17949 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 17.7.2009 Satish ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryanaa ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Rajan Gupta, J. The petitioner is seeking regular bail in a case registered against him under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, at Police Station Chandni Bagh, Panipat, vide FIR No.56 dated 19.02.2008. The allegation in the FIR is that the petitioner and his co-accused Jitender had forced brother of the complainant to lie on a double bed, whereafter the petitioner caught the legs of the deceased and his co-accused Jitender pressed his neck, while sister-in-law of the complainant Kaushalya Devi looked on. In this way, brother of the complainant was murdered. The motive of the crime is stated to be illicit relations between sister-in-law of the complainant with the petitioner and co-accused Jitender. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that there is delay of 24 hours in lodging the FIR and version of the prosecution is CRM No. M-17949 of 2009 2 highly improbable. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and given careful thought to the facts of the case. There is allegation of direct involvement of the petitioner in the commission of crime. It is evident from the order of Additional Sessions Judge, Panipat that on the basis of disclosure statement suffered by the accused, an electric wire, with which the deceased was strangulated, was also recovered. As regards, the improbability of the prosecution story, I do not find force in arguments of learned counsel for the petitioner. This aspect can be gone into by the trial court after evidence is led before it. At the stage of prayer for regular bail, this argument is untenable. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I do not find any ground to enlarge the petitioner on bail during the pendency of the trial. The bail petition is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE July 17, 2009 'rajpal'