Crl. Misc. No. M-21756 of 2010 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-21756 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: July 30, 2010 Nahar Singh ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SABINA Present: Mr. Anurag Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. SABINA, J. Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.20 dated 19.4.2010, under Sections 306/34 of Indian Penal Code, Police Station- GRP Sirhind, District- Fatehgarh Sahib. The contents of the FIR as reproduced in para 2 of the petition read as under :- “Statement of Manohar Lal son of late Bal Kishna Casete Pandit resident of Village Adampur P.S. Sirhand District Fatehgarh Sahib aged 45 years stated that I am resident of above said address and doing job as a clerk in village Bhamarsi. I was married with Neelam Rani d/o Dasodi Ram village Lathore. I have two children one daughter and one son. My daughter is married and son is unmarried. We are four brothers and all residing separately. My mother expired three years ago and that deceased and my grand mother Shanti Devi were residing with Crl. Misc. No. M-21756 of 2010 (O&M) 2 me. The deceased i.e. My father Bal Kishan and my uncle late Ram Rattan who were residing separately use to fight with each other on the demand of the partnership of gold ornaments. That the compromise was affected in the Panchayat that the gold ornaments will give to my father Bal Krishan but Ram Rattan did not do died. Duet to this Ram Rattan committed suicide by consuming poison in his house. After that Sonia d/o late Ram rattan lodge complaint at P.S. Sirhind against my father Bal Krishan and my wife Neelam Rani. The respectable person of the village made several attempt to make compromise between us but was not affected. Nahar Singh son of Arjun Singh Caste Jatt Village Adampur Police Station Sirhind District Fatehgarh Sahib (Sarpanch) who was against my father due to election of Panchayat member in the village and Suresh Kumar caste Pandit resident of Village Dhakrabba P.S. Saddar Patiala District Patiala, who is father-in-law of the daughter of late Ram Rattan was also against because they are relatives because of this the compromise was not affected between us. After some time Monia, Suresh Kumar, and Nahar Singh gave several injuries to my father as they found him lonely in the house while taking bath in his house. On this my father made a complaint against them at P.S. Sirhind. All three Sonia, Suresh Kumar and Nahar Singh Sarpanch always used abusing language, harassing my father and always taunting him that you would also reach where Ram Rattan had gone. On this issue the respectable person of the village made request to them but they did not stop and continuously used abusing language and harassing and always taunting him. Today on 19.4.2010 at k.m. Number 308-10-8 Crl. Misc. No. M-21756 of 2010 (O&M) 3 between the Railway Station of Sirhind and Sadugarh my father committed suicide under the train because of the harassment given by Suresh Kumar, Monia and Nahar Singh Ex-Sarpanch. After came to know I went to the place of occurrence with my brother Anil Kumar and other relatives and respectable person and identified the dead body of my father Bal Krishan son of late Sh. Atma Ram Caste Pandit resident of Village Adampur P.S. Sirhind District Fatehgarh. Legal action may kindly be taken against the above said person.” After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the opinion that the instant petition deserves dismissal. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are serious in nature. Petitioner might be required for custodial interrogation. Dismissed. (SABINA) July 30, 2010 JUDGE Anand