IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-5542 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION: March 29, 2011 Ajit Singh …..Petitioner versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr.Vikram Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr.Shilesh Gupta, DAG, Punjab .. RAJAN GUPTA, J.: (Oral) This is a petition under section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under sections 302/307/34 IPC vide FIR No.102 dated 3.7.2010 at police station Sultanwind, Amritsar. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that after the deceased received burn injuries she was admitted in the hospital where her statement was recorded by ASI-Ranjit Singh. Sometime later in the day, her statement (Annexure P-2) was also recorded by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Amritsar. Learned counsel while referring to same contends that no role whatsoever has been attributed to the petitioner by the deceased. Learned State counsel has opposed the prayer for bail. He submits that a clear-cut role is assigned to the petitioner in the initial version given by the deceased. He further submits that even a perusal of statement (Annexure P-2) Crl.Misc.No.M-5542 of 2011 - 2 - shows that there was some dispute between the petitioner and the deceased. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. A perusal of the initial version recorded by ASI- Ranjit Singh shows that deceased stated before him that her sister-in-law had sprinkled kerosene oil on her while her husband set her on fire. She thereafter raised hue and cry due to which persons from the locality gathered and extinguished the fire. A vehicle was thereafter arranged by one Kanwaljit Kaur, wife of Surjit Singh and the deceased was taken to hospital. The deceased having suffered serious burn injuries, died in the hospital after two days on 5.7.2010. In view of seriousness of allegations and magnitude of crime, the prayer for bail is declined. The application for regular bail is thus, dismissed. Nothing stated hereinabove shall, however, be construed as an expression of opinion on the merits of the case. March 29, 2011 ( RAJAN GUPTA ) pc JUDGE 2