IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-23643 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 10, 2011. Kiranjit Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Sanjeev Manrai, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.M.C.Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 3.10.2009 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala granting pre-arrest bail to respondent Nos.2 & 3 in case FIR No.120 dated 28.10.2008 registered at Police Station Kotwali, Nabha, under Sections 307, 148, 149, 427, 323, 341, 506, 511, 498-A, 337, 279 IPC. From the reply filed by the police authorities, it appears that respondent Nos.2 & 3 have already been charge-sheeted under Section 307 and other provisions of the IPC. The petitioner though has referred to certain instances to make out a case of mis-use of concession of bail by respondent Nos.2 & 3, however, those instances even if presumed to be Crl.Misc.No.M-23643 of 2010 [2] correct, per se may not be sufficient to deprive respondent Nos.2 & 3 from the liberty guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India. At the same time, no one can be allowed to mis-use the concession of bail granted conditionaly. This petition is accordingly disposed of at this stage with a direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patiala to ensure that no harm is caused to the petitioner or her children at the hands of her husband, his family or respondent Nos.2 & 3 and this shall be the responsibility of the police authorities to ensure that the petitioner is fully protected and she is not deprived of her right to pursue the case registered/filed at her instance against her husband, respondent Nos.2 & 3 and their family members. It would also be in the interest of justice to direct the learned trial Court to expedite the proceedings and complete the trial as early as possible and preferably within a period of one year. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 10, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE