IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M- 32769 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 29.03.2010. Mangat Singh and another. ...... PETITIONERS Versus State of Punjab. ...... RESPONDENT CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, AAG, Punjab. Mr. M.S.Uppal, Advocate for the complainant. *** RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed by Mangat Singh and Basara Singh for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in FIR No.189 dated 27.10.2009, registered under Sections 406/498-A IPC at P.S. Sidhwan Bet, District Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the whole record. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioners that they have been falsely implicated in this case as complainant used to leave the matrimonial house without knowledge and intimation of the petitioners CRM No.M-32769 of 2009 and that on 24.04.2008, the complainant left her parental house and however, did not reach the matrimonial house and that father of the complainant lodged DDR No.8 dated 25.4.2008, Annexure P1 and that she remained absent from the house for three days. It is further contended that thereafter complainant filed a false complaint dated 01.08.2008 before Women Cell and during those proceedings two affidavits Annexure P2 and P3 were also given by the complainant and that hence, the said complaint was filed by Women Cell and that on another application, the present FIR has been lodged. It is further contended that no allegation against the petitioners have been made by father of the complainant while lodging DDR, Annexure P1, regarding missing of complainant and rather it has been stated that his daughter did not have any complaint of any nature against her in-laws. It is further contended that the petitioners have already joined investigation pursuant to the interim order of bail dated 20.11.2009 passed by this Court. It has also been stated by learned State counsel, on instruction from ASI. Kulwant Singh, that petitioners have joined the investigation and that most of the dowry articles have also been recovered except two golden rings. Hence, in view of these facts and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the anticipatory bail application filed by Mangat Singh and Basara Singh is accepted and order dated 20.11.2009 granting interim bail to the petitioners, is hereby made absolute subject to compliance of conditions laid down in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The present petition stands disposed of accordingly. ( RAM CHAND GUPTA ) March 29, 2010. JUDGE 2 CRM No.M-32769 of 2009 'om' 3