Criminal Misc. No. M-19275 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-19275 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 7.7.2011 Gagandeep Verma .. Petitioner v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. M.S. Sachdev, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K. S. Pannu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that present petition has been filed on behalf of un-married brother-in-law (brother of the husband of the deceased). The only allegation against him in the FIR is that two years prior to the date of incident, he along with other family members had harassed the deceased and thereafter about one year prior thereto. Except that, there is no allegation that immediately before the death of Meenu Bala, there was any act of the petitioner which could instigate Meenu Bala to commit suicide. The husband is already in custody. Anticipatory bail application of the mother-in-law of the deceased has already been dismissed. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State submitted that it is an unnatural death. The deceased was 32 years of age. She had two children. It is only because of the harassment of her in-laws family that she committed suicide, otherwise at this stage no one will commit suicide. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing the allegations against the petitioner in the FIR and also considering the fact Criminal Misc. No. M-19275 of 2011 [2] that the husband of the deceased is already in custody, in my opinion, the petitioner deserves the concession of pre-arrest bail. He is directed to appear before the Investigating Officer on 20.7.2011 at 10.00 A.M. However, in case of arrest, he shall be released on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Arresting/ Investigating Officer. He shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called upon for investigation. He shall also be bound by all the conditions as contained in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 7.7.2011 mk