IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M 10701 of 2008 Date of decision:- 27.5.2008 Beant Kaur ...Petitioner. Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Anil Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. A.S. Brar, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Bipan Ghai, Senior Advocate with Ms. Harman Dhillon, Advocate for the complainant. RAJESH BINDAL J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that immediately after the death of Napinder Pal Kaur daughter-in-law of the petitioner on 8.4.2008, intimation was given to her family members. She was cremated in their presence and their statements were recorded to the effect that they did not have any suspicion on anybody regarding her death. It was nearly 4 days after the death, a complaint was made to the police on the basis of which FIR has been registered. Here the case set up is entirely different. On the other hand learned counsel for the complainant submitted that marriage in the present case took place on 13.2.2006. Napinder Pal Kaur died on account of consumption of sulphos tablets as has been opined in the chemical examination report. The subsequent complaint filed by the complainant was investigated by the DSP and it was found that at the initial stage on account of pressure by the Panchayat and Criminal Misc. No. M 10701 of 2008 -2- other persons no complaint was made. The consumption of sulphos tablets cannot be said to be by mistake for any other medicine which the deceased was taking regularly. As regards minor child of deceased is concerned the submission is that they have already filed a petition for her custody in which notice has been issued to the petitioner. Keeping in view the serious allegations against the petitioner where the death of her daughter-in-law had taken place within 2 years of marriage, I do not find it to be a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. The petition is dismissed. May 27, 2008 (RAJESH BINDAL) ritu-II JUDGE