Crl. Misc. No. M-35026 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-35026 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 9.5.2011 Rawel Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. Rajan Gupta, J. (oral) This is a petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 306 read with Section 34 IPC at Police Station Kotwali, Patiala, District Patiala, vide FIR No.206 dated 9th June, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioner, who is a 70 years old lady, is in custody since 10th June, 2010. The material prosecution witnesses have been examined. According to him, the occurrence has taken place after nine years of marriage and main allegations are against husband of the deceased. He submits that trial may take still some time to conclude, thus, no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody during pendency of the trial. Learned State counsel (on the instructions from S.I. Dharam Dev, who is present in court) has opposed the prayer for bail on the Crl. Misc. No. M-35026 of 2010 2 ground that the allegations against the petitioner are serious in nature. He, however, does not dispute the fact that the complainant i.e. father of the deceased has stepped into the witness-box and deposed as a prosecution witness. Heard. Keeping in view the aforesaid contentions, period of incarceration and the fact that the trial may take some time to conclude, I am of the considered view that no useful purpose will be served by detaining the petitioner in custody any longer. Thus, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Patiala. (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE 9.5.2011 'rajpal'