IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-27115 of 2009 Date of decision : October 14, 2009 Pritam Kaur alias Preeto and another ....Petitioners versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Ms. Satpreet Kapila, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Pritam Kaur alias Preeto and her husband Balwant Singh have filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 170 dated 12.8.2009 under sections 406, 506, 316 IPC, Police Station Rajpura, District Patiala. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, complainant Mandhir Kaur is daughter-in-law of the petitioners. She has alleged in the FIR that on 18.7.2008, both the petitioners gave severe beatings to the complainant and her husband Kabul Singh. Kabul Singh left the house. However, his condition deteriorated. He was taken to PGI, Chandigarh but he died on the way. Again the petitioners and their co-accused gave severe beatings to the complainant who was pregnant resulting in miscarriage. Dowry articles Criminal Misc. No. M-27115 of 2009 -2- have also been retained by the petitioners. Complainant's sister was also married in the same family and she has also been turned out after giving her beatings and making a demand of Rs 1 lac. Learned counsel for the petitioners vehemently contended that petitioner no. 2 has already lodged criminal complaint dated 1.11.2008, Annexure P/2, against the complainant and her sister. It was also contended that the FIR is highly belated. I have carefully considered the rival contentions. Even complaint Annexure P/2 filed by petitioner no. 2 is belated. Learned State counsel contended that the complainant party tried to rehabilitate the complainant's sister in the matrimonial home but efforts did not succeed. Learned State counsel also pointed out that even petitioner no. 2 has not filed complaint for murder of his son allegedly committed by the complainant and her sister and their other family members. It was also pointed out that even post mortem examination was not got conducted on the dead body of Kabul Singh by the petitioner. Dowry articles are also yet to be recovered. Keeping in view all the circumstances, in my opinion, case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is not made out. Accordingly, without meaning to express any opinion on merits, the instant petition for anticipatory bail is dismissed. ( L.N. Mittal ) October 14, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'