Crl. Misc. No. M-28333 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-28333 of 2011 Date of Decision : December 13, 2011 Jagdish Kumar .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R. S. Rawat, AAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Jagdish Kumar has filed this petition for regular bail in case FIR No.73 dated 14.05.2011, under Section 304-B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short – IPC), registered at Police Station Division No.8, District Jalandhar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased, who committed suicide by hanging herself on 14.05.2011 i.e. within less than two years of Crl. Misc. No. M-28333 of 2011 2 her marriage with petitioner's son solemnized on 29.07.2009. Learned State counsel, on instructions from HC Kulwinder Singh, states that pursuant to order of the preceding date, handwriting of the deceased on alleged suicide note (Annexure P-7) could not be got compared because standard or specimen handwriting was not available for comparison. Counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that according to the suicide note, nobody was at fault and family of the petitioner had given lot of love to the deceased. It was also contended that the petitioner is in custody since 14.05.2011 i.e. for seven months. It was also contended that petitioner's wife and son i.e. mother-in-law and husband of the deceased are also in custody since 14.05.2011 and they have not even applied for bail. It was also pointed out that the complainant – father of the deceased has already appeared as witness in the trial court. Keeping in view tall the circumstances, but without meaning to express any opinion on merits of the case, the instant bail petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/ Duty Magistrate, Jalandhar. December 13, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE