Crl.M. No. M-2338 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M. No. M-2338 of 2009 Date of decision : 18.3.2009. ... Mohinder Kaur w/o Harbhajan Singh ................ Petitioner vs. State of Punjab .................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.C. Puri Present: Sh. M.S. Rai, Advocate for the petitioner. Sh. P.S. Bajwa, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab Ms. Puja Chopra, Advocate for the complainant. ... K.C. Puri, J. (Oral) Mohinder Kaur w/o Harbhajan Singh has applied for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 68 dated 2.5.2008 under Sections 302/341/324/326/323/148/149 IPC registered at Police Station Mamdot, Tehsil and District Ferozepur. As per allegation of the prosecution, the law was set in motion by recording the statement of Amrik Singh s/o Kakka Singh, who has stated that on 1.5.2008, at about 9.30 A.M., his sister Manjeet Kaur was cleaning the street infront of their house where dirty water was stopped. Then his aunt Mohinder Kaur (now Crl.M. No. M-2338 of 2009 -2- applicant) started giving bad names to Mohinder Kaur. On this there was a scuffle between them and on that night he came to know that Mohinder Kaur was admitted in the Civil Hospital, Mamdot. He alongwith his father Kakka Singh, who is Amritdhari and having saster ( Kirpan ) and Barcha with him, went to the Civil Hospital at 10.00 P.M. alongwith Sukhchain Singh s/o Jagir Singh, who was driving his motorcycle, so that Mohinder Kaur may not register a false case against them, by making self suffered injuries. At about 10.15 P.M. when they came out from the hospital after meeting the doctor, Harbhajan Singh s/o Amar Singh, Hardeep Singh s/o Harbhajan Singh, r/o Poje Ke, Dulla Singh s/o Sardara Singh armed with sota, Balwant Kaur w/o Dulla Singh empty handed, rounded them. Harbhajan Singh raised a lalkara that Kakka Singh should not escape. In the meantime, Mohinder Kaur w/o Harbhajan Singh who was admitted in the hospital and Jaswant Kaur w/o Phulla Singh came there and Jaswant Kaur and Mohinder Kaur gave a push to them and they fell down from the motorcycle. Dulla Singh and his wife Balwant Kaur caught hold of him and Mohinder Kaur and Jaswant Kaur caught hold of his father Kakka Singh. Harbhajan Singh snatched the sword which was in possession of his father and Hardeep Singh snatched the barchha from his father. Harbhajan Singh gave a sword blow whereas Hardeep Singh gave a barchha blow to him and to his father, which hit on his neck, back side of his head, on the hands, left leg of the knee and on the shoulder and left arm. They also gave injuries with kirpan, barchha and sottas to his father. The women also gave beatings. Sukhchain Singh who is related to him as Crl.M. No. M-2338 of 2009 -3- brother, ran away. In the meantime, all the accused ran away from the spot. Balwant Kaur and Jaswant Kaur applied for grant of regular bail and their application has been accepted in Crl.M. No. 1910 of 2009 on 13.2.2009. The case of the petitioner is not distinguishable to that of Balwant Kaur and Jaswant Kaur. The main injury has been attributed to the non-applicant. The petitioner is a lady. So, bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. ( K.C. Puri ) 18.3.2009. Judge chug