Criminal Misc.-M No.16226 of 2011 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 16226 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: 26.09.2011 Rajiv ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Raman Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.S. Pannu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. RAJESH BINDAL, J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. The FIR was got registered by the mother of deceased- Hardeep Singh, who committed suicide. The allegations against the petitioner are that the deceased had handed over his passport and ` 20,000/- to him about four months back for sending him abroad. The deceased having not been sent abroad, his passport and money was also not returned back by the petitioner and on that account he committed suicide. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that son of the complainant died on 4.1.2011. Without any intimation to the police, body was cremated. However, subsequently FIR was got registered by the mother of the deceased on 5.1.2011 alleging that suicide note was recovered from the room of the deceased. Bare reading of the suicide note shows that only allegation against the petitioner is that he did not agree to the request of the deceased for returning his passport and money. He was pushed out of his office. Thereafter he went to the Police Station, where also he did not get attention and was beaten up. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the petitioner never instigated the deceased to commit suicide. Merely on account of alleged non-returning of passport and ` Criminal Misc.-M No.16226 of 2011 2 20,000/- paid by the complainant, it cannot be said that the petitioner instigating the deceased to commit suicide. Learned counsel for the State submitted that when passport and money were handed over to the petitioner, even cousin of the deceased was also accompanying him. The petitioner having neither returned the passport and money nor sent him abroad, the deceased was forced to commit suicide. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the allegations made against the petitioner that he is a travel agent and the deceased handed over his passport and money to him for sending him abroad, and on account of alleged non-returning of passport and money, deceased committed suicide, in my opinion, custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required. Considering the aforesaid facts, interim bail granted to the petitioner on 10.08.2011, is made absolute. The petition stands disposed of. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 26.09.2011 sharmila