Crl. Misc No. M-18768 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-18768 of 2009 Date of decision : 04.09.2009 Raman Verma ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. G.P. Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shailesh Gupta, DAG Punjab. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case registered against the petitioner under Sections 306/341/506/34 IPC at police station City Muktsar vide FIR No. 38 dated 21.02.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the investigation of the case has been completed and challan has been presented in the competent court. He submits that petitioner is aunt (Massi) of the main accused, Shobha Verma (wife of the deceased). According to the counsel, the deceased who was married to Shobha Verma on 06.11.2008 had left for Dubai within ten days thereafter i.e. 16.11.2008. He came back on 13.02.2009 and committed suicide on 21.02.2009. Learned counsel states that petitioner possibly has played no role in harassing the deceased namely Jasminder Singh Johar. Attention has also been drawn to the suicide note, Annexure P-1, according to which name of the petitioner figures only at one place where it has been alleged that aunt (Massi) of the Crl. Misc No. M-18768 of 2009 2 deceased wife's who lived at Ludhiana had full hand behind the whole planning. It has been further submitted that petitioner has been in custody for almost three months now. Learned counsel for the State has, however, opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner and submitted that role of the petitioner is clearly made out from the suicide note, Annexure P-1. According to the counsel, the deceased has alleged in the suicide note that petitioner had a role to play in harassing the deceased. In the suicide note it has also been alleged that petitioner was instigating Shobha Verma, wife of the deceased. I have heard counsel for the parties. The deceased is said to have been in Dubai from 16.11.2008 to 13.02.2009. He allegedly committed suicide on 21.02.2009. Though there is reference to the name of the petitioner in the suicide note, yet the allegation is only of instigating the main accused, Shobha Verma. However, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and taking into consideration the period of detention already suffered by her, I deem it appropriate to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and she is ordered to be enlarged on bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muktsar. 04.09.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE