CRM-M-29560-2011 [ 1 ] :::::::: IN TH E HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-29560-2011 Date of decision:07.11.2011 Shinder Pal Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. Navjeet Sodhi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab. ***** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) This is a petition for grant of bail in a pending trial case registered vide FIR No.244 dated 21.10.2010, under Sections 302, 201, 404, 364, 148, 149 of IPC at Police Station Civil Lines, Batala. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is a case of blind murder which is based upon circumstantial evidence much-less the evidence of last seen. He further submits that Gurnam Singh had last seen the deceased Guriqbal Singh in the company of Bakshish Singh. He also submits that the petitioner is in custody from 25.10.2010, whereas her co-accused Lakhwinder Kaur has already been released on bail by this Court vide order dated 04.05.2011 passed in CRM-M-10557-2011, In reply, learned State Counsel submits that the petitioner is named in the disclosure statement of Bakshish Singh while in custody and the allegation is that the wrist watch and mobile phone of the deceased were handed over by Bakshish Singh to the petitioner and further by the petitioner to Lakhwinder Kaur. He further submits that the challan in this case has already been presented but the charges are yet to be framed. It is further submitted by him, on instructions received from ASI Santokh Singh, that the petitioner is neither a previous convict nor any other case is pending against her. He also submits that the dead body of Guriqbal Singh (deceased) was recovered at the instance of CRM-M-29560-2011 [ 2 ] :::::::: Bakshish Singh which was buried after his murder. After hearing both the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, but without making any observation on the merits, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. November 07, 2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) vinod* Judge