IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-8186 of 2010 Date of Decision: March 18, 2010 Rajinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. R.K. Handa, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.14 dated 10.3.2010 under Section 306 IPC registered with Police Station, GRP, Patiala. Crl. Misc. No. M-8186 of 2010 [2] Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that abetment to commit suicide is not made out and therefore, ingredients of Section 306 IPC read with Section 107 IPC are not satisfied. The petitioner, under the circumstances, is entitled to the concession of bail. I have considered the contentions. Perusal of FIR indicates that wife of deceased Ramesh Kumar reported that Ramesh Kumar was under a lot of tension before the incident and had named Rajinder Singh alongwith others as the persons who were trying to get him implicated in a false case. Finally the harassment increased to the extent that Ramesh Kumar committed suicide leaving a suicide note which specifically mentions the name of petitioner (Rajinder Singh) alongwith others viz. K.N. Singh, Sudesh Dhir, Vinod Kumar. While referring to the investigation record, the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala has mentioned that as per allegations of the prosecution witnesses, accused were a party to the conspiracy of keeping the fake currency notes in the money chest in the bank to involve Ramesh Kumar (deceased) in a false case. It is not in dispute that the fake Crl. Misc. No. M-8186 of 2010 [3] currency of the face value of Rs.23,000/- were detected on investigation. Considering the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, at this initial stage, it cannot be deduced that there has been no abetment to commit suicide. Grant of bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. would frustrate the investigation process. Learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to JT 2010(1) SC 17, Gangula Mohan Reddy vs. State of Andhra Pradesh. I do not find the judgment to have any application in view of the fact that the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India was dealing with a criminal appeal against conviction wherein the ingredients of Section 107 IPC read with Section 306 IPC were considered. In the present case, the prayer is for grant of anticipatory bail at initial stage of investigation. It would only be deciphered after investigation as to whether the abetment to commit suicide is made out or not. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) March 18, 2010 JUDGE avin Crl. Misc. No. M-8186 of 2010 [4] 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?