In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-4546 of 2009 Date of decision: 2.4.2009 Nursi Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr.A.K.Walia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by Nursi Singh under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 79 dated 17.8.2008, under Sections 306/116 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Jhunir District Mansa. Paramjit Kaur committed suicide by setting herself on fire on 17.8.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the the deceased had suffered statement before the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Mansa to the effect that she did not want to take any action against any body. However, later on brother of the deceased had lodged the FIR in question levelling allegations against the petitioner. Criminal Misc. No.M-4546 of 2009 -2- Petitioner is in custody since 17.8.2008. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed the petition. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 17.8.2008 and the fact that in the initial statement of the deceased recorded by Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Mana, she had stated that she had set herself on fire in anger as her husband did not take her to her parental house on the occasion of Rakhi and she did not want to take any action against any body, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mansa. (SABINA) JUDGE April 02, 2009 anita