Crl.M.No.M-29726 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M-29726 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision:October 11, 2010 Jabarjung Singh and others .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Balram Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. ...... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.164, dated 28.10.2008, under Sections 307,148,149 IPC (charged under Section 306 IPC only by learned trial Court), registered at Police Station Sadar, Muktsar, District Muktsar. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioners and have gone through the whole record carefully, including the order dated 16.7.2010 vide which the petitioners have been summoned to face trial by allowing application under Section 319 Cr.P.C. filed by the prosecution by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Muktsar. Brief allegations against petitioners-accused are that deceased was married with co-accused Simerjit Singh @ Gora about 3-1/2 months before this occurrence, i.e., 26.10.2008. Petitioner no.1-accused Jabarjung Singh gave a telephonic call on mobile of complainant, i.e., father of the deceased and asked him to reach immediately because his daughter Harpreet Kaur was burnt. He alongwith his brother Sukhchain Singh and another person Tota Singh reached Adesh Hospital, Muktsar and met the deceased, who told them that petitioner no.1-Jabarjung Singh had first given her beatings and then he sprinkled kerosene oil on her and set her on fire in the presence of petitioners-accused-Sukhdeep Kaur, Gurdev Singh, and co- Crl.M.No.M-29726 of 2010 (O&M) -2- accused Simerjit Singh @ Gora, i.e., husband of the deceased, due to which she became unconscious. Motive for the offence was that the deceased was not liked by the petitioners and her husband and they in connivance with each other set her on fire. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioners- accused that petitioners were found innocent by the police and the challan was filed only against the husband of the deceased. Further contends that challan has also been filed only for offence under Section 306 IPC and petitioners have also been summoned for offence under Section 306 IPC. However, there are serious allegations against the petitioners- accused. There are specific allegations against petitioner no.1-Jabarjung Singh. The daughter of the complainant was set on fire just after 3-1/2 months of her marriage by petitioner no.1-accused in connivance with other petitioners. It is not such a case in which extraordinary relief of anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners-accused. Hence, in view of these facts, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition filed by petitioners- Jabarjung Singh, Sukhdeep Kaur and Gurdev Singh for grant of anticipatory bail is, hereby, dismissed being devoid of any merit. 11.10.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge