IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-11885 of 2010 Date of Decision: May 12, 2010 Rajinder Kaur & Another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Balwinder Singh Jolly, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) This petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.76 dated 23.2.2010 under Sections 304, 34 IPC registered with Police Station, Kharar, District Mohali. FIR has been lodged at the instance of Harpreet Kaur (deceased) who happened to be the wife of Balwinder Singh (petitioner No.2). On perusal of the FIR, it is brought out that the complainant was adopted by Crl. Misc. No. M-11885 of 2010 [2] her maternal uncle Paramjit Singh. On 24.10.2009, marriage of the complainant was solemnised with Balwinder Singh, petitioner No.2. Balwinder Singh is deaf and dumb. He asked the complainant to do some work by giving gestures which the complainant could not understand and therefore, he started beating the complainant. In the meantime, mother in law of the complainant namely Rajinder Kaur (petitioner No.1) also came, caught hold of the complainant and the husband continued to give beatings. Paramjit Singh, maternal uncle of the complainant was informed by the complainant who reached the village. The complainant was admitted to Civil Hospital, Kharar by Paramjit Singh. It transpires that subsequently the complainant was discharged from the Hospital, however, re-admitted to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research, Chandigarh (P.G.I.). The complainant was discharged from the P.G.I. on 16.2.2010 and was again re-admitted on 19.2.2010. Harpreet Kaur died on 23.2.2010. FIR came to be lodged. Considering the averments made in the FIR, it seems that petitioner No.2 is deaf and dumb, and also the fact that the complainant died on account of some subsequent medical complications on 23.2.2010 by which time, she had Crl. Misc. No. M-11885 of 2010 [3] been discharged from two hospitals, I am of the view that the petitioners are entitled to the concession of bail. In view of the above, without commenting on the merits of the case, the petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of Duty Magistrate/ Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mohali. (AJAI LAMBA) May 12, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?