IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-33525 of 2010(O&M) Date of Decision: January 27, 2011 Vikas Ghiwali. …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab. … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be Allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. Vivek Suri, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Bhavna Gupta, DAG, Punjab, for the respondent-State. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) This is an application seeking regular bail in case FIR No. 83, dated 22.04.2010, under Section 306 IPC, registered at Police Station Division No.6, Ludhiana. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently argued that petitioner-accused has been charged under Section 306 IPC on the basis of alleged suicide note left by the deceased in which it has been mentioned that accused was taunting the deceased for marrying in the poor family. Learned counsel has further vehemently argued that taunting or harassment or any cruel behaviour without any CRM M-33525 of 2010 intention to derive the deceased to commit suicide will not amount to abetment as defined under Section 107 IPC, hence will not amount to an offence under Section 306 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance on the judgment of the Apex Court in the matter of Sanju @ Sanjay Singh Sengar vs. State of M.P., reported in (2002) 5 Supreme Court Cases, 371, in the case of Bhagwan Das vs. Kartar Singh and others reported in 2007(11) SCC 205, in the case of Sohan Raj Sharma vs. State of Haryana, reported in AIR 2008 SCW 3202 and in the case of SS Cheema vs. Vijay Kumar Mahajan and another, reported in 2010(4) RCR (Criminal) 66, as well as, judgment of this Court in the case of Ajay Singh Parveen and another vs. State of UT, Chandigarh, in Criminal Revision No. 2823 of 2010, decided on 13.01.2011. Prima facie, arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner have some force in view of the decisions cited by the learned counsel for the petitioner. However, without commenting on the merit of the case at this stage, it is directed that petitioner be released on bail to the satisfaction of the Trial Court. January 27, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 2