Criminal Misc. No. M-12676 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-12676 of 2009 Date of Decision:24.09.2009 Jagiro .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARBANS LAL Present:- Ms. Manjit Kaur, Amicus Curiae for the petitioner. Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. **** HARBANS LAL, J. This petition has been moved by Jagiro confined in Women Jail, Ludhiana through jail. As averred in this petition, the petitioner is confined in Women Jail, Ludhiana and undergoing the imprisonment for ten years in a case FIR No.221dated 3.9.2007 for an offence under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, second case in FIR No.149 dated 21.6.2007 for an offence under Section 15 ibid and third case in FIR No.95 dated 21.4.2007. She was convicted vide order dated 3.6.2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Nawanshahar. Her son has expired on 27.3.2009. Her second son is also very ill. There is none to look after him. Therefore, she may be granted interim bail for two months to enable her to look after her son as she is a widowed lady. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties, besides Criminal Misc. No. M-12676 of 2009 -2- perusing the record with due care and circumspection. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that son of the petitioner being seriously ill, she may be released on interim bail, so that, she may look after him. As against this, the learned State Counsel maintained that the petitioner has been involved in numerous cases under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. If she is admitted to bail, by all probabilities, she would abscond. I have well considered the rival contentions. A glance through the record would reveal that she has not placed on record any medical evidence revealing that her son is seriously ill. This apart, she has also not placed on record any panchayatnama saying that her son is very serious. In the absence of such evidence, it is very difficult to believe the ipse dixit of her to be a gospel truth. Needless to say, she has been undergoing sentence in number of cases. If she is released on bail, she is likely to abscond. These circumstances cumulatively crystalises the conclusion that no case is made out for grant of interim bail. Sequelly, this petition is dismissed. September 24, 2009 ( HARBANS LAL ) renu JUDGE