In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-26207 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:9.11.2010 Manjinder Kaur .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. M.C. Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. Mr. Deepak Sabharwal, Advocate for the complainant. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel or the parties. The petitioner Manjinder Kaur is stated to be the second wife of Jagjit Singh. According to the complainant, who is the first wife, it has been alleged that Jagjit Singh has married the petitioner Manjinder Kaur and thereby committed offences under Sections 420 and 494 IPC. It may be noticed that it is debatable whether the offence under Section 420 IPC is made out or not. However, the offence under Section 494 IPC is bailable. Learned counsel for the State has submitted that the petitioner has joined the investigation and her custody is not required for the purposes of investigation. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner is stated to be the second wife of Jagjit Singh, it may be noticed that the offence under Section 494 IPC if it is to be held is made out against Jagjit Singh and even if it is to Cr. Misc. No.M-26207 of 2010 [2] be taken to be made out against the petitioner, the same is bailable. The offence under Section 420 IPC whether it is made out or not is to be considered by the Court concerned at the time of consideration of framing charge. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 8.9.2010 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. November 9, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*