Criminal Misc.-M No. 25225 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.-M No. 25225 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 28.9.2011 Mandeep Singh .. Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .. Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Ms. Upinder Kaur Bedi, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J. S. Brar, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. ... Rajesh Bindal J. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, who has been summoned as an additional accused. The petitioner is brother-in-law of the deceased. The deceased in the present case died of burn injuries. In her dying declaration got recorded before the Magistrate, she has specifically named the petitioner. Though learned counsel for the petitioner sought to argue that prior to that, she had got her statement recorded before the doctor stating that it was accidental fire, later on, she got her statement recorded before the Magistrate. Learned counsel for the State submitted that before taking the deceased to the hospital, the accused had changed her burnt clothes. From the spot, one bottle and half burnt match stick were found. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that in the statement got recorded by the deceased before the Magistrate, she has specifically named the petitioner, in my opinion, no Criminal Misc.-M No. 25225 of 2011 [2] case for grant of pre-arrest bail is made out. Dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 28.9.2011 mk