CRM-M-34949 of 2011 - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM-M-34949 of 2011 Date of Decision:21.12.2011 Rajinder Kaur . . .Petitioner Versus State of Punjab . . . Respondent ***** CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN ***** Present: Mr.Liaqat Ali, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.D. Sachdeva, Addl. A.G. Punjab. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. (ORAL) This is a petition for bail pending trial in a case registered vide FIR No.50 dated 11.4.2009 under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) at Police Station Sadar, Gurdaspur. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is mother-in-law, who is in custody from the last 2 years and 5 months. The FIR is registered on the statement of the deceased which was recorded before the Magistrate in which she had alleged that her mother-in-law had sprinkled kerosene oil on her and set her on fire. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that now the father of the deceased namely, Rajwant Singh has been examined as PW2, who has retired from Police Department. He has stated in his cross-examination that his daughter was married five years ago but was unable to give birth to a child due to which she was under a great depression and lost her interest in her life. She had earlier tried to commit suicide one or two times due to the said depression. He has also stated that while her daughter was in the hospital she had told him that she had taken her own life by putting kerosene oil because she was unable to give birth to a child. He has also stated that he had tutored his CRM-M-34949 of 2011 - 2 - daughter to involve her in-laws in this case otherwise if she would survive, she would be involved in a criminal case of committing suicide. Learned counsel for the State has submitted that there are total 22 witnesses in this case out of whom 10 have already been examined. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case but without making any observation on the merits, present petition is hereby allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on her furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) DECEMBER 21, 2011 JUDGE Vivek