IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-21456 of 2009 Date of decision : August 21, 2009 Smt. Usha Garg ....Petitioner versus State of Haryana ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Sidharth Sarup, AAG Haryana L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Usha Garg has filed this petition for anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 56 dated 26.2.2008, under section 304-B IPC, Police Station Sector-5, Gurgaon. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner is a lady. She was found innocent during investigation but has been summoned as additional accused on prosecution application filed under section 319 of Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is mother-in-law of the deceased who died on account of poisoning just one year after the marriage. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that the deceased and her husband were residing separately from other family Criminal Misc. No. M-21456 of 2009 -2- members including the petitioner as per investigation conducted by the police, since the time of marriage of the deceased. Learned State counsel after seeking instructions from ASI Babu Lal does not controvert the aforesaid factual position. It is stated that investigation was done by Assistant Commissioner of Police who came to the aforesaid conclusion. In view of the aforesaid but without meaning to express any opinion on the merits, the instant petition is allowed. If the petitioner appears before the trial court on or before 2.9.2009, the date fixed there, the petitioner shall be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial court. ( L.N. Mittal ) August 21, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'