Crl. Misc. No. M-2823 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-2823 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION: February 17, 2010 Bharat Kumar .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab and another ......RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. L.S. Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G., Punjab. Mr. Parminder Sharma, Advocate, for respondent no. 2. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) This petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for bail in case FIR No. 89 dated 12.06.2006 under Sections 363/366/120-B IPC, P.S. Sardulgarh, District Mansa. Pursuant to directions issued by this Court, Amrik Singh has been produced in Court. Respondent no. 2 Amandeep Kaur, who is the alleged victim, is present in Court as identified by learned counsel for the petitioner and states that she is living a happy married life with Bharat Kumar. She has a child of 1 year and ½ months of age and would like to continue to live in the Crl. Misc. No. M-2823 of 2010 2 matrimonial home. It seems that father of Amandeep Kaur namely Amrik Singh got the FIR lodged as he did not accept the marriage. Be that as it may, stand of learned counsel for the respondent-State, on instructions from S.I. Mohinder Singh, is that the petitioner has joined investigation and is not required for further investigation. Considering the fact that the alleged victim is living a happy married life with Bharat Kumar, the petitioner and the fact that the petitioner is not required by investigating agency for custodial interrogation, this petition is allowed and order dated 04.02.2010 is hereby made absolute subject to the following conditions:- i)the petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation as and when required; ii)the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; and iii)the petitioner shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. This order shall enure till 15 days after the filing of final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C., during which period the petitioner shall be required to seek regular bail. 17.02.2010 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE