IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-11419 of 2009 Date of decision : 28.05.2009 Harjinder Singh @ Kala and another ....Petitioners V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Bhoop Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition praying for grant of regular bail in case registered against the petitioners under Sections 306/34 IPC at police station GRP, Ludhiana, District Ludhiana vide FIR No. 111 dated 04.09.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the only allegation against the petitioners is that they abused the grand-son of the complainant(deceased), as they suspected that the deceased had misbehaved with the daughter of the petitioner namely Jagdeep Kaur @ Rupi while returning from the school. According to the counsel, this action cannot be said to be abetment to commit suicide. At best, it can be termed as provocation. Learned counsel has relied upon the judgment reported as 2008, Volume 2, RCR Page, 47 to contend that mere abuse and adverse remarks on one occasion would not fall within the purview of abetment. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, has opposed the grant of bail to the petitioners on the ground that allegations against them are serious in nature. Crl. Misc No. M-11419 of 2009 -2- Keeping in view the fact that petitioners have been in custody for almost 08 months now and trial is still at its initial stage, no useful purpose would be served by detaining the petitioners in custody during the pendency of the trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to grant regular bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and they are ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ludhiana. 28.05.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE