Crl. Misc. No. M- 9526 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M- 9526 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: April 6,2010. Nanak Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. DS Pheruman, Advocate, for the petitioner. GURDEV SINGH, J. Heard. This petition under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code has been filed by Nanak Singh-petitioner, for grant of regular bail for the offence under Sections 304-B IPC, in respect of which FIR No. 93 dated 17.6.2008 was registered at Police Station Majitha/Chandeer, District Amritsar, and for which he is standing his trial before the Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar. This petition has been filed after the statement of Gurbir Singh-complainant has already been recorded by the trial court. The petitioner has relied upon the judgment mentioned in the petition for releasing him on bail on the ground that he himself reported to the parents of the deceased that she was lying admitted in the hospital and that he himself taken her to that place. The judgment so mentioned in the petition is regarding offence under Section 302 IPC and not regarding under Section 304-B IPC. Crl. Misc. No. M- 9526 of 2010 2 The FIR was got registered by Gurbir Singh-complainant, maternal uncle of Simarjit Kaur deceased. He narrated therein that the deceased was married to the present petitioner, who had been demanding a motor-cycle as dowry and used to harass her on that account and that ultimately she died of poison. All the ingredients of Section 304-B IPC are made out from the statement of the complainant, on the basis of which the FIR was recorded. The facts so stated in the FIR were reiterated by the complainant when his statement was recorded in the trial court. The dowry deaths are on increase in these days and that must be viewed strictly. For such like grave offence, the petitioner is not entitled to the benefit of anticipatory bail. The petition is dismissed accordingly. April 6, 2010 (GURDEV SINGH ) prem JUDGE Crl. Misc. No. M- 9526 of 2010 3