CRM No.M-30257 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:-2.11.2010 Kulwant Kaur w/o Mohinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present:- Mr.G.S.Punia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Shilesh Gupta, D.A.G. Punjab. M ehinder S ingh S ullar , J . (Oral) Invoking the provisions of section 438 Cr.PC., petitioner Kulwant Kaur wife of Mohinder Singh, unfortunate mother-in-law of complainant Jasbir Kaur, has instituted the present petition for the grant of anticipatory bail in a case registered against her alongwith her husband Mohinder Singh, vide FIR No.92 dated 24.8.2010, on accusation of having committed the offences punishable under sections 406 and 498-A IPC by the police of Police Station Sudhar, Ludhiana. 2. Notice of the petition was issued to the State. 3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record with their valuable help and after considering the matter deeply, to my mind, the present petition deserves to be accepted in this context. 4. It is not a matter of dispute that the petitioner is mother-in-law of the complainant. The general allegations of cruelty in connection with and on account of demand of dowry are alleged against the petitioner. Mohinder Singh, husband and co-accused of the petitioner, has already been allowed regular bail by the trial Magistrate. The offences alleged against the petitioner are triable by the Court of Magistrate. Moreover, the learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI CRM No.M-30257 of 2010 2 Maninder Singh, has submitted that the petitioner has already joined the investigation and she is not longer required for further interrogation at this stage. There is no history of previous involvement of the petitioner in any such case. The law of bail towards women is liberal. 5. Therefore, taking into consideration the totality of the facts and circumstances, emanating from the record, as indicated here-in-above and without commenting further anything on merits, lest it may prejudice the case of either side during the course of the trial of the case, the present petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail in the obtaining circumstances of the instant case. 6. Consequently, it is directed that in the event of her arrest, the petitioner shall be released on anticipatory bail on her furnishing bail and surety bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- to the satisfaction of Arresting Officer, subject to the conditions that (i) she shall make herself available for interrogation by the Investigating Agency as and when required; (ii) she shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer and (iii) she will not leave India without prior permission of the trial Court. 7. Needless to mention that in case, the petitioner does not cooperate or join the investigation, the prosecution would be at liberty to move an application for cancellation of her bail, in this relevant connection 2.11.2010 (Mehinder Singh Sullar) AS Judge