Criminal Misc. No. M-10836 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-10836 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 21.7.2011 Gurjeet Kaur .. Petitioner v. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Vishal Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J. S. Sandhu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. The petitioner is accused in the FIR registered against the family on account of death of Charanjit Kaur, who was married to Sukhwinder Singh. The petitioner is Jethani of the deceased and on the other side, she is her first cousin, i.e., daughter of her paternal uncle, as the cousins were married to two brothers. Charanjit Kaur died of hanging. In the FIR, the allegations are that the petitioner along with other family members, namely, father-in-law and two brothers-in-law were harassing the deceased for bringing dowry. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there are two minor children of the petitioner aged 8 years and 6 years and there is no one in the family to take care of them, as all have been taken into custody. She is in custody since 13.8.2010. Learned counsel for the State submitted that a note was recovered from the room of the deceased mentioning therein that she is committing suicide having been harassed by the family members. She further mentioned therein that her husband was having illicit relations with Criminal Misc. No. M-10836 of 2011 [2] the petitioner. After considering the contentions raised by learned counsel for the parties and also the fact that the deceased in the present case had died of hanging, a suicide note was recovered from her room, the entire family, namely, father-in-law, husband, two brothers-in-law and the petitioner (Jethani) are in custody since 13.8.2010, the petitioner is the first cousin of the deceased and also that there are two minor children of the petitioner and there is no one in the family to take care of them, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail pending trial on furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Ludhiana. The petition stands disposed of. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 21.7.2011 mk