Criminal Misc.-M No. 699 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 699 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 9.8.2011 Sonu Kumar .. Petitioner v. State of U.T., Chandigarh .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. V. B. Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Preetpal Singh, Advocate for U.T., Chandigarh. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner, who is accused in FIR No. 230 dated 18.11.2010, registered under Section 306 IPC, Police Station, Sector 3, Chandigarh and is in custody since 19.11.2010. The allegations in the FIR got registered by brother-in-law (Jija) of the deceased are that she told the complainant that the petitioner was known to the deceased for about 2-1/2 years. It was a love affair. Both had physical relations as well. The family was even consenting to their marriage. However, later on finding that the petitioner was already married and having a child, the deceased having been cheated committed suicide. Learned counsel for the petitioner, placing reliance upon a judgment of this court in Jagdev Singh alias Jaggi v. State of Punjab, 2010 (4) RCR (Criminal) 478, submitted that in identical circumstances, this Criminal Misc.-M No. 699 of 2011 [2] court found that no case for abatement was made out against the accused. The complaint has been lodged by Jija of the deceased, though the parents are also living in Mani Majra. The prayer is for release of the petitioner on bail. On the other hand, learned counsel for Union Territory, Chandigarh submitted that the suicide note recovered from the possession of the deceased clearly mentioned the name and address of the petitioner. On the date of alleged incident also, the deceased had met the petitioner. Having been cheated by the petitioner earlier in not disclosing that he was already married and subsequently refusing to marry her, she committed suicide. Hand-writing on the suicide note has been got examined and the same tallied with the normal hand-writing of the deceased. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, in my opinion, considering the period of custody of the petitioner and also that the allegations against the petitioner are that the deceased committed suicide having been cheated by him in not marrying her and later on when she came to know that the petitioner was already married, though both of them had affairs for the last 2-1/2 years, and the deceased fully knew about the name and residential address of the petitioner as she has mentioned in her suicide note in detail, let the petitioner be released on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Chandigarh. The petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 9.8.2011 mk