Crl. Misc. No.M-28268 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No.M-28268 of 2010 Date of Decision: 24.09.2010 Mrs. Sumitra Devi & anr. ....Petitioners Versus U.T. Chandigarh ...Respondent CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Aditya Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners in case FIR No.115 dated 13.06.2010 under Sections 304-B/498-A/34 IPC registered at Police Station East Sector 26, Chandigarh. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the present petitioners are innocent. They are residing separately. They have neither maltreated nor demanded any dowry. Normally, the entire family is enroped in such like cases and the petitioners are victim of the same tendency. Heard. A perusal of the FIR shows that there are specific allegations against the present petitioners which reads as under :- “ After that incident on 12.06.2010, my Crl. Misc. No.M-28268 of 2010 2 daughter Sangita told me on phone that my mother-in-law,brother-in-law, husband maltreated me and told me that you came from hungry or striving home. Nothing was given by your parents. Even labourers gives a sufficient dowry. My wife and me went to meet my daughter. My daughter told everything to us of the whole incident of maltreatment by her husband and mother-in-law, brother-in-law. After that three of them told us that we can't inhabitate your daughter until she will not bring car and two lacs. We came back after long negotiations. After this incident, at 12.00 p.m. at night this was a pile one from their house we went there and our daughter found in same and we brought her to hospital and thereafter the girl died.” As per the medical evidence placed on record, the cause of death is stated to be cardiorespiratory arrest as a result of phosphide poisoning which is sufficient to cause death in ordinary course of nature. Allegations are serious. The matter needs thorough investigation. In view of the above, the concession of anticipatory bail cannot be extended to the petitioners. Dismissed. However, the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 24.09.2010 JUDGE gurpreet