In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl.Rev.No.3289 of 2010(O&M) Date of decision: 14.12.2010 Vinod Kumar ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.G.S.Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure challenging order dated 25.11.2010 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, whereby charge was ordered to be framed against the petitioner under Sections 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC for short). Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that no offence under Section 306 IPC was made out. FIR had been registered after four months of the death of the deceased. The petitioner has been falsely involved in this case. Learned counsel has further submitted that the deceased had committed suicide because of fear of his arrest in FIR No.148 dated 5.8.2005 under Sections 406/ 420 IPC registered at Police Station Division No.6, Ludhaina. Crl.Rev.No.3289 of 2010(O&M) -2- After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the opinion that the present petition deserves dismissal. A perusal of FIR (Annexure P-3) reveals that the same has not been registered against deceased Harjinder Singh. The allegations levelled against the petitioner in the FIR are that the petitioner had taken ` 8,00,000/- from the deceased for sending him to England. Howevder, the deceased was neither sent to England nor his money was returned by the petitioner. Hence, deceased Harjinder Singh committed suicide. DDR No.9 dated 23.6.2006 was recorded immediately after the deceased committed suicide. In these circumstances, the fact that the FIR was registered after four months of the death of Harjinder Singh loses its significance as the matter was immediately informed to the police and thereafter, the FIR was registered by the Police after due investigation. No ground for interference by this Court is made out. Accordingly, this petition is dismissed. (SABINA) JUDGE December 14, 2010 anita