CRM-M-24254 of 2011 (O&M) - 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CRM-M-24254 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision:11.08.2011 Sartaj Singh . . .Petitioner Versus State of Punjab . . . Respondent ***** CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN ***** Present: Mr.J.S. Dhaliwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This is a petition for pre-arrest bail in a case registered vide FIR No.48 dated 14.7.2011 under Section 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) at Police Station Chabbewal, District Hoshiarpur (Punjab). The FIR has been registered on the statement of Gurdip Singh son of Dharam Singh, who has alleged that he has six daughters out of whom, the eldest was Jatinder Kaur, aged about 29 years, who had married with Kamal Kumar on 9.1.2010 and was having no child. Kamal Kumar was in Muscat for the last six months and has asked his friend Sartaj Singh (petitioner) to look after his family, who had started to have an evil eye on the deceased Jatinder Kaur. On 10.7.2011, Sartaj Singh threw chilly powder in the eyes of Jatinder Kaur. This matter was brought to the notice of the complainant and on 11.7.2011 Sartaj Singh tendered his apology before Panchayat. Thereafter, as a co-incidence, Kamal Kumar came to India on the same day i.e. on 11.7.2011 and thrashed his deceased wife on the issue of stopping Sartaj Singh (petitioner) from visiting their house. On 12.7.2011 at about 6.00 PM, Kamal Kumar informed the complainant that his daughter has set herself on fire after pouring Kerosene. She was taken to hospital but she succumbed to her injuries during the treatment on 13.7.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is the odd man out, who has no relations with the family of the deceased either from her parents or in-laws side. He further submits that even if the incident on CRM-M-24254 of 2011 (O&M) - 2 - 10.7.2011 had taken place but the matter was over after tendering apology before the Panchayat. If, the husband of the deceased had thrashed her on 11.7.2011 then the petitioner is not concerned. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner in detail and have perused the record from which I have found that it is too early to say that the petitioner is not involved in this case because on 10.7.2011 the petitioner had thrown chilly powder in the eyes of deceased Jatinder Kaur for which he even tendered his apology before the Panchayat and on the same day husband of the deceased came to India and after knowing the alleged incident, gave beatings to the deceased, who on the next date committed suicide as alleged. The sequence of events is so fast in which role to the petitioner could be ascribed of abetting. In this view of the matter, the petitioner is not entitled to anticipatory bail and as such the present petition is hereby dismissed. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) AUGUST 11, 2011 JUDGE Vivek