Crl. Misc. No. M-21757 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-21757 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision: 6.8.2010 Karamjit Kaur and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Vishal Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking pre- arrest bail in a case registered against the petitioners under Sections 306 IPC at Police Station Sadar, Jagraon, District Ludhiana, vide FIR No.113 dated 26th May, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioners has argued that the petitioners were living separately from the couple which had some matrimonial dispute. They have been falsely implicated in this case and thus deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. Learned counsel further submits that there is no allegation, whatsoever, against the petitioners of having abetted the commission of suicide by the deceased. Learned State counsel (on the instructions from ASI Gurdev Singh, who is present in court) has opposed the prayer for pre-arrest bail. He has referred to the suicide note left by the deceased. He submits that a perusal of the suicide note shows that specific role has been attributed to the petitioners in the same and due to harassment meted by the petitioners to his daughter, he had committed suicide. Crl. Misc. No. M-21757 of 2010 2 Learned State counsel has further pointed out that statement of Jaspal Kaur, daughter of the deceased had also been recorded wherein she had stated that she had been continuously harassed by the petitioners. He submits that in fact Jaspal Kaur and her husband had always been living with the petitioners as parents of Harjit Singh (husband of Jaspal Kaur) had expired long back. He also submits that statement of Chowkidar of the village had been recorded who had stated that the daughter of the deceased was residing with the petitioners. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and given careful thought to the facts of the case. It is evident that there are serious allegations against the petitioners of harassing the daughter of the deceased, due to which he committed suicide. Even in the suicide-note, which was recovered after death of Gurcharan Singh, it has been specifically stated that his daughter had been harassed by her sister-in-law Karamjit Kaur and husband Harminder Singh (petitioners herein). In view of the nature of allegations, recovery of suicide note and statements recorded by the investigating agency, I am of the considered view that the petitioners are not entitled to concession of pre-arrest bail. The petition is devoid of merit and the same is hereby dismissed. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 6.8.2010 'rajpal' To be referred to the Reporters or not: Yes / No