Crl.M.No.M-14562 of 2008 -1 - IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Crl.M.No.M-14562 of 2008 Date of Decision : 8.7.2008. Sandeep Singh ..Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab ..Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present : Mr.M.S.Khaira, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Dharminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.I.P.S.Sidhu, Sr.DAG Punjab. RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case registered vide FIR No.386, dated 20.12.2007 registered under Sections 302, 201, 120-B IPC at Police Station Nakodar, District Jalandhar. The allegation against the petitioner is that he along with his father Sukhwinder Singh and sister Lakhwinder Kaur murdered Harjinder Kaur as she was allegedly having illicit relationship with one Lal Singh son of Gulzar Singh. All the three accused including the petitioner are said to have confessed the commission of murder by them before complainant Bhupinder Singh (brother of the deceased), Amrik Singh, Devinder Singh and Sher Singh. Further allegation is that in spite of insistence of the complainant for not cremating the dead body till arrival of Prem Singh and other relatives of the deceased, the petitioner cremated the dead body. Counsel for the petitioner has contended that the police Crl.M.No.M-14562 of 2008 -2 - Authorities have conducted the enquiry and recorded statements of Mandeep Singh, another son of the deceased and brother of the petitioner. According to the petitioner, the petitioner is innocent and the Panchayat of village Allowal as well as the Panchayat of village Dhariyan and Syaniwalat have deposed in favour of the petitioner. It is further contended that the mother of the petitioner committed suicide out of shame when her illicit relationship became known to everyone which he had confessed in the presence of all the family members. Counsel for the State has pointed out that anticipatory bail application of the co-accused namely Crl.M.No.10301-M of 2008 Lakhwinder Kaur Vs. State of Punjab has been dismissed by this Court on 19.5.2008. It is further submitted that the petitioner is involved in a serious offence of murder and is not entitled to anticipatory bail. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the grounds pleaded in the petition as well as argued before this Court, the petitioner does not deserve the concession of anticipatory bail. Dismissed. (Rakesh Kumar Jain) 8.7.2008 Judge Meenu