Crl. Misc. No. M-32576 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Misc. No. M-32576 of 2011 Date of Decision : October 31, 2011 Maninder Singh .... Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Tarun Aggarwal, Senior DAG, Haryana. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Accused Maninder Singh has filed this petition for interim bail in case FIR No. 351 dated 05.06.2010, under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, registered at Police Station Karnal Sadar, District Karnal to enable him to attend the marriage of his sole sister, scheduled to be solemnized on 04.11.2011 at Chandigarh. The petitioner is confined in District Jail, Karnal. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Crl. Misc. No. M-32576 of 2011 2 Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Manjit Singh, stated that marriage of petitioner's sister is scheduled to be solemnized on 04.11.2011 at Chandigarh. Petitioner is the sole accused in murder case. Consequently, it would not be appropriate to release him on interim bail merely because he has to attend the marriage of his sister. The ends of justice would be met if the petitioner is permitted to attend the marriage of his sister on being escorted in custody at the expenses of petitioner himself. In view of the aforesaid, the instant petition is disposed of with direction to the respondent-State to take the petitioner in custody to the marriage venue i.e. Ramgarhia Bhawan, Sector 27-C, Chandigarh, so as to reach there at 09:00 A.M. on 04.11.2011 and he shall be escorted back from there after 04:00 P.M., subject to deposit of expenses by the petitioner. Copy of the order be given dasti to counsel for both the parties under signatures of Special Secretary attached to this Bench. October 31, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE