Criminal Misc. No.M-22959 of 2009 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-22959 of 2009 Date of decision: 24.12.2009 Sanjeev ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. Onkar Singh Batalvi, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Amit Goyal, Assistant Advocate General,Haryana Mr. Ram Pal Verma, Advocate for the complainant. S. D. ANAND, J. In this petition interim anticipatory bail was granted to the petitioner-husband by a Coordinate Bench (Mahesh Grover, J.) of this Court. It is apparent from the subsequent orders on file that the State did concede that petitioner had joined investigation but he was not cooperative in the matter of recovery of dowry articles. Inspite of affording of repeated opportunities, the petitioner did not cooperate in the matter of recovery of articles aforementioned. On 17.12.2009, the petitioner informed the Court that he would like to sort out the controversy with his wife and would like to resume matrimonial ties with her. The wife, who too was present in the Court, informed that since the petitioner had taken in another lady, it will not be possible for her to go back to her matrimonial house. Even on that date, the presentation on behalf of the State was that the petitioner had not been cooperative in the matter of getting recovery aforementioned effected. On the request of learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner was once again granted an opportunity to join investigation on 19.12.2009 and render whatever possible assistance he can in furthering the investigation. The State has reiterated the grievance that the petitioner had not cooperated in the matter of effecting of recovery of articles Criminal Misc. No.M-22959 of 2009 -2- **** aforementioned. The wife is present in the Court and she informs that the petitioner-husband tried to hurt her at the main entrance of the High Court in the presence of the officials on security duty at Gate No.1. The petitioner-husband refrained from appearing in the Court for quite some time and ultimately turned up at about 12.00 noon. He denies the averment made by the wife. HC Harbhajan Lal and L/C Surinder Kaur who were on security duty at Gate No.1 were called to find out the correctness or otherwise of the averment made by the wife. Both the officials aforementioned own up the presentation made by the wife. In the peculiar circumstances of the case, the interim order dated 7.10.2009 shall stand vacated particularly because the petitioner has not been cooperative with the Investigating Agency in the matter of recovery of articles aforementioned. The petition shall stand dismissed accordingly. December 24, 2009 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE