Crl. Misc. No. M-3609 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-3609 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: September 17, 2010 Balbir Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent ******* CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. A.P.S. Deol, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vishal Rattan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Punjab. Mr. M.S. Uppal, Advocate, for the complainant. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.3 dated 12.1.2009, under Section 304-B of Indian Penal Code (in short 'IPC'), Police Station City Mansa, District Mansa. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that there are two versions put up by the prosecution. One challan has been presented against the petitioner under Section 304-B qua the death of Ranjit Kaur. Another challan has been presented against Ranjit Singh and Binder Singh under section 306 IPC qua the death of Ranjit Kaur. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that now the parties have arrived at compromise. Crl. Misc. No. M-3609 of 2010 2 Learned State counsel, who is assisted by the learned counsel for the complainant, has not controverted the factum of settlement between the parties. Keeping in view the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case and that the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 20.1.2010, it would be just and expedient to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. Petitioner be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Mansa. (SABINA) September 17, 2010 JUDGE Anand