CRM.M-16762 of 2009 (O&M) 1 In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Decided on July 13,2009. Amrik Singh and another -- Petitioners vs. State of Punjab --Respondent Present: Mr.P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate,for the petitioners Mr.Ranbir Singh Rawat, AAG, Punjab. Mr.JBS Gill, Advocate, for the complainant. Rakesh Kumar Jain, J: This is a petition for anticipatory bail filed by the petitioners in a case FIR No. 84 dated 23.05.2009, registered under Sections 306, 34 IPC, at Police Station, Tanda, District Hoshiarpur. According to the allegations contained in the FIR, deceased Kulwinder Kaur was married in the year 1999 to Amardeep Singh son of petitioner No.1. Two sons were born out of the wedlock. At the time when Amardeep Singh was to settle in Italy, the parents of Kulwinder Kaur (deceased) provided Rs.50,000/-. However, the parents of Amardeep Singh were not happy. They kept on harassing Kulwinder Kaur (deceased) and forced her that if she wanted to go to Italy alongwith Surjit Singh, she should arrange Rs.2 lacs from her parents and only then she would be helped in preparation of passports. On 22.5.2009, when Kulwinder Kaur (deceased) went to the Passport Office, Jalandhar to enquire about the passports of her two children and came back, the petitioners picked up a CRM.M-16762 of 2009 (O&M) 2 quarrel with her. Ultimately, having been fed up with regular torture and harassment by her parents-in-law, Kulwinder Kaur (deceased) committed suicide, Before coming to this Court, the petitioners had applied for anticipatory bail before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur, which was dismissed vide his order dated 13.6.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioners has vehemently argued that the complainant's version in the FIR is altogether different from the statement made at the time of inquest report. It is submitted that the complainant has stated in the FIR that he enquired from his sister Kulwinder Kaur (deceased) who disclosed that after having fed up with a daily dispute raised by her parents-in-law, she has consumed some poisonous medicine and while talking, she died, whereas, it is not so recorded in the statement of the complainant at the time of inquest. At that time, he only stated that his sister had died due to consumption of some poisonous substance on account of harassment by her parents-in-law. It is also submitted that Surjit Singh, father of the deceased has stated that when he reached Hospital, her daughter had already died. Learned counsel for the complainant submitted that no adverse inference can be drawn from the statement of Jaswant Singh which was made at the time of inquest because he had no-where stated that when he reached the hospital, his sister had died. Learned counsel for the State has argued that the deceased would not have taken extreme step of taking her life as she was having two small children, had she been not dragged to a point of no return due to the regular torture and harassment by parents-in-law (petitioners). CRM.M-16762 of 2009 (O&M) 3 After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I am of the view that offence is very serious. Thus, without commenting on the merits of the case, I do not find it to be a fit case to grant concession of anticipatory bail. Hence, the same is hereby dismissed. July 13,2009 (Rakesh Kumar Jain) RR Judge