Crl. Misc. No. M-11290 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-11290 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 16.05.2011 Satwant Kaur and another ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Narinder S. Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. 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) Present petition is filed seeking regular bail in case FIR No.26 dated 6.2.2011 under Sections 306/34 IPC, Police Station Navi Baradari, Jalandhar, District Jalandhar. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that deceased, who was married on 27.4.2001, has committed suicide. He has further stated that only harassment or cruel behaviour without any mens rea to derive the deceased to commit suicide, would not amount to abetment as defined under Section 107 IPC. He has placed reliance on the following judgments: - i) Sanju @ Sanjay Singh Vs. State of M.P., (2002) 5 Supreme Court Cases 371; ii) Bhagwan Das Vs. Kartar Singh and others, 2007 (11) SCC 205; iii) Sohan Raj Sharma Vs. State of Haryana, AIR Crl. Misc. No. M-11290 of 2011 (O&M) -2- 2008 SCW 3202; iv) SS Cheenna Vs. Vijay Kuamr Mahajan and another, 2010(4) RCR (Criminal) 66; and v) M. Mohan Vs. State represented by Deputy Superintendent of police, (2011) 3 SCC 626. Considering totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, I direct that petitioners be released on bail to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. (Alok Singh) Judge May 16, 2011 R.S.