Crl.M. No. M-8024 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-8024 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 25.3.2011 ... Angrej Singh Sethi @ Angrej Chand Sethi ................Petitioner vs. State of Haryana .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. R.S. Mamli, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Priyanka Dalal, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. ... K.C. Puri, J. Angrej Singh Sethi @ Angrej Chand Sethi s/o Inder Sethi has applied for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No. 148 dated 6.6.2010 under Section 306/34 IPC registered at Police Station Sadar, Sirsa. The law was set in motion by recording the statement of Sandeep s/o Ved Parkash, brother of deceased Rekha, who has stated that Rekha was married about 11 years with Angrej Singh – the present petitioner. Rekha was not having any child. His brother-in- law is a teacher. Raj Kumar - brother-in-law (Jeth) of Rekha, was having a shop in the village. On 6.6.2010 at about 12/1.00 O' clock the complainant received a telephonic call from Angrej Singh that Crl.M. No. M-8024 of 2011 -2- Rekha has consumed some poisonous substance. Angrej Singh was on election duty towards Dabwali side. When the complainant went there, he came to know that Raj Kumar and Nirmala (Jethani) came to the mother to caste vote in Panchayat election. Rekha told Raj Kumar that since his mother is her mother-in-law, she will take her to caste vote. In the meantime, Raj Kumar called his wife and both of them forcibly took away the mother-in-law for casting vote. When Rekha opposed, then Raj Kumar and his wife gave taunting that she is issueless, barren (not able to produce child), so she cannot get the vote polled. On these grievances, Rekha committed suicide at the harassment by Raj Kumar and Nirmala. The petitioner was not arrayed as accused, but arrayed as a prosecution witness. Later on in further investigation, the police came to the conclusion that petitioner has connived with the other main accused, Raj Kumar and Nirmala. Petitioner is not the accused in original version but was rather the prosecution witness. According to the FIR Rekha has committed suicide on account of harassment by Raj Kumar and Nirmala, who were facing trial. So, considering whole of the circumstances, in my view, it is a fit case to allow the concession of anticipatory bail. So, in the event of arrest, the applicant - petitioner is ordered to be released on bail to the satisfaction of SHO/Investigating Officer/Committing Court. ( K.C. Puri ) 25.3.2011 Judge chugh