IN TH E HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-29617-2011 Date of decision:07.11.2011 Sehnaj ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. A.S.Kalra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Rai, DAG, Punjab. ***** Rakesh Kumar Jain, J. (Oral) This is a petition for grant of bail in a pending trial case registered vide FIR No.72 dated 18.05.2011, under Sections 302, 201, 365 and 120-B IPC at Police Station City Malout, District Muktsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is involved in this case on the alleged death of Ravinder Kaur, whereas her dead body has not been recovered so far. He further submits that this case is based upon circumstantial evidence and the police has relied upon last seen evidence and extra-judicial confession. He further submits that the person before whom the alleged extra-judicial confession was made, who was Mama of the husband of the present petitioner, namely Jaswinder Singh, has already died. He also referred to a decision of this Court in the case of Jagtar singh @ Kaka v. State of Punjab' in CRM-M-27745-2010 to contend that until and unless the dead body is recovered and identified, the petitioner cannot be tried for the offence of murder. He further submits that the petitioner is neither a previous convict nor any other case is pending against her. Moreover, she is in the advanced stage of pregnancy. After hearing both the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, but without making any observation on the merits, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on her furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. November 07, 2011 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) vinod* Judge