Crl.M.No. M-25799/2010(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No. M-25799/2010(O&M) Date of decision: 21.9.2010. Ajaib Singh and another ....................Petitioners v. State of Punjab .....................Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.Atul Lakhanpal,Senior Advocate with Mr.Arjun Lakhanpal,Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala,AAG Punjab assisted by Mr.JS Virk,Advocate for the complainant. Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Prayer under Section 438 Cr.PC is for grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No.114 dated 8.5.2010 under Sections 304-B/34 IPC, PS Rajpura, Distt.Ropar. Facts in brief are that son of the petitioners namely Amandeep Singh had got married to Gagandeep Kaur on 14.3.2010 and within two months of her marriage she died in her matrimonial home on 8.5.2010. As per allegations in the FIR lodged by Balvinder Singh (father of deceased Gagandeep Kaur) petitioners, who are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased alongwith their son Amandeep Singh after the wedding had demanded a “Swift” Car. The Crl.M.No. M-25799/2010(O&M) 2 complainant got the car booked to meet that demand. However, the in- laws of the deceased continued to harass her for bringing less dowry resulting in her death in her matrimonial home. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the allegations are general and vague in nature and that even as per the opinion of the Doctor in the Post Mortem Report (P2) and FSL Report (P3) it cannot be inferred that the death of the deceased is homicidal in nature. Learned State counsel submitted that the deceased has died unnatural death in her matrimonial home within two months of her marriage on allegations of demand of dowry. He further submits that the petitioners had evaded the investigation and proceedings to declare them Proclaimed Offenders had to be initiated, therefore, petitioners do not deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and keeping in view the nature and gravity of the allegations against the applicants- petitioners, no case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. Dismissed. 21.9.2010 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge