Crl.M.No.M 4530 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl.M.No.M 4530 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: March 25, 2010 Nisha Sharma .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.G.S.Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. ...... 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 FIR No.2, dated 2.1.2010, registered under Section 436 IPC, at Police Station Bholath, District Kapurthala. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record carefully. This Court while issuing notice of motion on 17.2.2010, passed the following order: “Crl.M.No.8198 of 2010 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Main case Argues that petitioner is daughter-in-law of complainant and matrimonial dispute between son of the complainant and the petitioner is pending. Further argues that as per assertion of the complainant herself, petitioner is residing separately and her husband is in foreign country, hence petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Further argues that even complainant is not eye-witness of the occurrence. Notice of motion for 25.3.2010. Crl.M.No.M 4530 of 2010 (O&M) -2- However, petitioner is directed to join the investigation and in case she is arrested, she shall be released on interim bail by the Arresting Officer to his satisfaction subject to compliance of conditions specified under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. ” It has been stated by learned counsel for the petitioner that pursuant to the said order, the petitioner has already joined the investigation. It has been stated by learned State counsel as well, on instructions from Niranjan Dass, ASI, that the petitioner has joined the investigation and that she is no more required for any custodial interrogation by the police. There are no allegations on behalf of the State that petitioner is likely to abscond or that she is likely to dissuade the witnesses from deposing true facts in the Court, if released on bail. In view of these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, order dated 17.2.2010, granting interim bail to petitioner- Nisha Sharma, is, hereby confirmed subject to the compliance of conditions contained in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The present petition stands disposed of accordingly. 25.3.2010 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge