IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-37228 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: January 16, 2012 Lakho Devi …..Petitioner versus U.T., Chandigarh .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.H.S. Bhullar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Ram Pal Verma, Advocate for Mr.Rajiv Sharma, Advocate for U.T., Chandigarh Mr.Ajay Mehra, Advocate for the complainant .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under sections 437/439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under section 306 IPC vide FIR No.156 dated 25.5.2011 at police station Manimajra, U.T., Chandigarh. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that name of the petitioner only figures in one line at the end of the FIR wherein it has been alleged that deceased was also harassed by her mother-in-law. He submits that FIR contains no other allegations against the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner is a lady and has been in custody since 21.11.2011. Investigation is complete and no useful purpose would be served by detaining her in custody any longer. Crl.Misc.No.M-37228 of 2011 - 2 - Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that a supplementary challan has been presented against the petitioner and in view of nature of allegations she is not entitled to concession of bail. Heard. It is evident that in the FIR it has been alleged by the complainant that deceased was also harassed by her mother-in-law. In view of same, it appears that a supplementary challan has been presented against the petitioner. She has been in custody since 21.11.2011. Trial of the case may take a long time to conclude. Keeping in view the fact that petitioner is a lady and has been incarcerated since 21.11.2011, no useful purpose would be served by detaining her in custody during the pendency of trial. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of CJM/Duty Magistrate, Chandigarh. January 16, 2012 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE