CRM No. M-19122 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-19122 of 2010 Date of decision: 15.02.2011 Lakhvir Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Bhoop Singh, Advocate, for Mr. Suveer Sheokand, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Yogesh Goel, Advocate, for the complainant. Mr.Jaspreet Singh, AAG, Punjab. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Petitioner as well as complainant Ms. Pawandeep Kaur are present in person. Ms. Pawandeep Kaur has repeatedly stated that she is willing and ready to go with the husband-petitioner and to live with him; she is ready to forgive the petitioner for all the alleged incidents, however, petitioner is adamant not to take the wife with him. Petitioner has stated that istri dhan/dowry has already been returned to the complainant party. It has been further stated by the petitioner that earlier he was interested to keep the complainant-wife with him but because of some threats being given by the complainant now petitioner is not interested to keep her with him. Complainant-wife has stated that in future she will not give any chance of any complaint. Refusal of the petitioner-husband not to keep the complainant- CRM No. M-19122 of 2010 (O&M) -2- wife with him without any reasonable reason amounts to mental cruelty. I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail. Dismissed. (Alok Singh) Judge February 15, 2011 R.S.