Cr.MPM No.487/2008 26.05.2008 Present: Mr. Dibender Ghosh, counsel for the applicants. Mr. P.K. Sharma, Additional Advocate General, with Mr. P.M. Negi, Deputy Advocate General, for the respondent. Heard and gone through the record. Applicants and their son, named Charanjeet Singh, who was aged a little less than 18 years at the time of the occurrence, allegedly quarreled with and gave beatings to a couple, named Koka Devi (the wife) and Jiwat Ram (the husband). Pradhan of the Panchayat was called to intervene. He got the parties pacified. Thereafter, Koka Devi and her husband deceased Jiwat Ram went to their house. Applicants and their son, Charanjeet Singh, attacked them with Lathis at their house, causing serious injuries. One of the blows given by them on the head of deceased Jiwat Ram proved fatal and he died. According to the medico legal evidence injury on the head was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellants that there is nobody in the house of the applicants to manage the household affairs, except their minor son Charanjeet Singh, a co- accused with them, who has since been granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Court, Una. The abovenamed son of the applicants was 17 years and 10 months old at the time of the commission of the crime, i.e., 3rd February, 2007. By now he is major and is registered as a voter, per police report. Therefore, this is no ground for grant of bail to the applicants. Otherwise also, the mere fact that an accused is the sole …2… Cr.MPM No.487/2008 bread winner of the family or that there is no one to manage his household affairs, are no grounds for grant of bail in a serious case like the present one. Another submission made by the learned counsel for the applicants is that applicant Sainu Devi has undergone surgery, while in detention and that she needs to be released. As per application surgery was conducted in October, 2007. It has not been stated as to what ailment applicant Sainu Devi had been suffering from nor has it been stated that the after effects of surgery are still continuing, though it is stated that the said applicant is still under treatment. Treatment is presumably being arranged by the State, because she is in custody. There is no allegation that proper treatment is not being provided. So, this too is no ground for grant of bail. For the foregoing reasons, the application is dismissed. May 26, 2008(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J.