Crl.M. No. M-9600 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-9600 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 27.5.2011 ... Shyam Bai ................Petitioner vs. State of Haryana .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. R.A. Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioner Sh. P.M. Anand, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. ... K.C. Puri, J. Shyam Bai w/o Raghbir Singh – petitioner has applied for grant of bail in FIR No. 255 dated 22.8.2009 under Section 307/34 IPC, registered at Police Station Tosham, District Bhiwani. The law was set in motion by recording the statement of Pushpa w/o Surender, who has stated that about 12 years back, she was married with Surender s/o Raghbir and her younger sister namely, Usha was married with Sumer s/o Raghbir. Usha was burnt by her husband Sumer and her mother-in-law Shyam Bai. A case was registered in Police Station Tosham. Her husband was arrested by the police and was sent to jail. On 21.6.2009 at about 5.00 P.M. she was Crl.M. No. M-9600 of 2011 -2- present at home, her Jeth Rajender s/o Raghbir, her husband Surender and her mother-in-law Shyam Bai and her sister-in-law Babli came there and told her to withdraw the case regarding Usha. The complainant disclosed that she can't do anything. On this Rajender, Shyam Bai started pressing her neck with a rope and her husband and her sister-in-law gave fist and kick blows. She started crying. Thereafter she saved herself with the intervention of Sarpanch and other ladies. Rajender Singh – accused has been allowed the concession of anticipatory bail by this Court in Crl.M.No. M-35230 of 2009 vide order dated 7.1.2010. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that injury on the neck was simple in nature and this fact has been admitted by the State counsel. Petitioner is an aged lady and is in custody since 26.10.2009. The trial is not likely to be concluded at an early date. So, bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. ( K.C. Puri ) 27.5.2011 Judge chugh