IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-21640 of 2009 Date of decision : September 04, 2009 Devinder singh alias Vicky ....Petitioner versus State of Punjab ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Ms Reena Bains, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG Punjab L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Devinder Singh alias Vicky has filed this petition for bail in case FIR No. 101 dated 17.7.2008 under sections 376, 306 read with section 34 IPC, Police Station City Gurdaspur, District Gurdaspur. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. According to the prosecution version, the petitioner and his brother's wife Manjit Kaur called Ramandeep Kaur aged about 17 years to their house on the pretext of getting her introduced to the parents of the petitioner for marriage of petitioner with Ramandeep Kaur. However, the petitioner took her to the house of a friend and raped her there. Next day, she narrated the incident to her family members who went to the house of the petitioner. Petitioner's family members promised to come to the house Criminal Misc. No. M-21640 of 2009 -2- of Ramandeep Kaur for settling their marriage but later on sent message that they would not be coming. Thereupon, Ramandeep Kaur committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance. A suicide note was found in her clothes holding petitioner and Manjit Kaur to be solely responsible for her suicide and also mentioning about the rape. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that no opinion of hand-writing expert has been obtained by the prosecution regarding suicide note. However, this contention is of no help to the petitioner because the suicide note was found inside clothes of the deceased. In addition thereto, there are statements of her father and brother regarding whole affair. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that Ranjodh Singh brother of the deceased gave a different version that they had also beaten her. However, it is mentioned in the suicide note that her brother or anybody else is not responsible for the suicide and only petitioner and her Bhabhi are responsible. Ranjodh Singh has corroborated the prosecution case in statement made during investigation. Allegations against the petitioner are serious. He allegedly raped the deceased and then forced her to commit suicide. In view of the aforesaid but without meaning to express any opinion on the merits, the petitioner does not deserve the concession of bail. Dismissed. ( L.N. Mittal ) September 04, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'