CRM-M- No.5443 of 2011 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M- No.5443 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : March 14, 2011 Happy Kumar ..... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondent **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present : Mr. P.C. Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** Alok Singh, J (Oral) This is an application seeking regular bail in case FIR No.234 dated 30.9.2010, under Sections 498-A,307,304-B,506,148,149,120-B of Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station City Mansa. As per the FIR, petitioner has instigated the husband of the deceased to set her on fire. Petitioner has not played any active role in setting the deceased Rajni Bala on fire except the alleged instigation. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner is residing separately and was not present at the time of incident. He further argued that tendency to implicate all the family members cannot be ruled out. He further argued that as per the dictum of the Hon'ble Apex Court in CRM-M- No.5443 of 2011 (O&M) 2 the case of “State of Kerala Versus Raneef, 2011 (1) RCR 381”, in the event of rejection of the bail application, period spent in the jail during the trial cannot be restored to the petitioner-accused in the event of his acquittal. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, present petition is allowed. Let petitioner be released on bail to the satisfaction of the trial Court. (Alok Singh) Judge March 14, 2011 Anand