CRM-M 30633 of 2009 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M 30633 of 2009 Date of Decision: 17.11.2009 Major Singh ..Petitioner. Vs. State of Punjab ..Respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present : Mr.Kushaldeep S.Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Ranbir Singh Rawat, AAG Punjab for the respondent/State. RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This is a petition under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short `Cr.P.C.') in case FIR No.211 dated 8.12.2002 under Sections 302/201/34 IPC registered at Police Station Lambi, District Muktsar. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was on regular bail. The date fixed before the Court below was 14.5.2009 but due to the illness of his wife Reena Rani, he could not appear nor could he file an application for exemption. He also submits that there is no one to look after his wife except for his father, who is also 95 years of age. It is further submitted that the petitioner surrendered himself before the trial Court on the very next day i.e. 15.5.2009 and applied for bail, which has been rejected by the Court below vide order dated 10.8.2009. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case in which the petitioner himself had surrendered on the very next day i.e. on 15.5.2009, the present petition CRM-M 30633 of 2009 -2- is allowed. The petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds and surety to the satisfaction of the trial Court. (Rakesh Kumar Jain) 17.11.2009 Judge Meenu