In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Criminal Misc. No.M-2383 of 2009 Date of decision: 24.3.2009 Baljit Singh and another ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Ms.Poonam Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Aman Deep Singh Rai, AAG, Punjab. **** SABINA, J. This petition has been filed by Baljit Singh and Jasvir Kaur under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 67 dated 12.4.2008, under Sections 306, 120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. The allegations as levelled in the FIR against the petitioners are that they had been harassing the deceased on account of their illicit relationship and due to this reason the deceased committed suicide by hanging herself. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that petitioner No.1 was also working in Dubai along with his brother Criminal Misc. No.M-2383 of 2009 -2- (husband of petitioner No.2). Petitioner No.1 was married to the deceased in the year 1986 and has four children to look after. Petitioner No.2 has three children to look after as her husband is presently working in Spain. Learned State counsel, on the other hand, has opposed this petition. In the present case the marriage between petitioner No.1 and the deceased was performed in the year 1986 and they were blessed with four children. The fact that whether the petitioners are guilty of abetting the suicide committed by deceased Davinder Kaur due to illicit relationship of the petitioners would more appropriately be gone into and considered during trial Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and keeping in view the fact that both the petitioners have young children to look after and are in custody since April, 2008, this petition is allowed. The petitioners are ordered to be admitted to bail subject to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hoshiarpur. (SABINA) JUDGE March 24, 2009 anita