IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc M –19444 of 2010 Date of decision: 29.11.2010 Gursharan Kaur …Petitioner Versus State of Punajb …Respondent Present: Mr Satpal Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr MC Beri, Addl AG Punjab. S.S.SARON, J. Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against her on 1.12.2009 for the offences under Sections 498-A, 494, 420, 465, 467, 471 and 120-B IPC. The petitioner is the mother-in-law of the complainant – Rajinder Kaur. It is alleged that she had harassed the complainant in connection with demands for dowry. The co-accused of the petitioner namely Kanwaljit Kaur and Sukhminder Singh were granted anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge, Gurdaspur, vide order dated 14.5.2010. This Court, while issuing notice of motion on 12.7.2010, granted interim bail to the petitioner. The case was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Center on 25.8.2010. It is submitted that a compromise was reached at between the parties before that Center on 15.10.2010. The same was recorded by the Mediator on the same day and the parties and counsel had signed on the same. Cr Misc M- 19444 of 2010 2 Keeping in view the fact that the matrimonial dispute between Rajinder Kaur – complainant and her husband – Ravi Inder Singh Sandhu has been settled amicably and both the parties have decided to part ways, it would be just and expedient if the interim bail granted on 12.7.2010 by this Court to the petitioner is made absolute. Accordingly, this petition is allowed and the interim bail granted to the petitioner vide this Court’s order dated 12.7.2010 is made absolute. 29.11.2010 ( S.S.SARON ) ASR Judge