IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc.27622-M of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : DECEMBER 16, 2008 BALWINDER SINGH ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. AS Rai, AAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 439, Code of Criminal Procedure, seeks bail in FIR No.50 dated 24.6.2008 under Sections 306, 120-B, 149, Indian Penal Code, Police Station, Maur, District Bathinda. On a perusal of the FIR, it transpires that Beant Kaur wife of the petitioner consumed poisonous substance and thereby committed suicide. The FIR has been lodged at the instance of Ranjit Singh, brother of the deceased. The cause of committing suicide, as given out in the FIR, is that Beant Kaur was being put to harassment and was being given beatings by petitioner-husband of the deceased, his brother-Lakhwinder Singh, Bagga Singh, uncle of the petitioner, Paramjit Kaur, who is wife of uncle and Gurmeet Kaur, real sister of the deceased. Criminal Misc.27622-M of 2008 2 Only the petitioner has been challaned. Others have been shown in column No.2 of the report under Section 173, Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner is in custody since 6.7.2008. It would be for the trial court to consider whether the harassment and beatings given to the deceased had any nexus with the action of the deceased in committing suicide. Without commenting on the merits of the case, the petition is allowed. Bail to the satisfaction of the trial court. December 16, 2008 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE