High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/5559/2019allowed

Rajpreet Kaur v. State Of Punjab

2019-02-26Mr. Justice Inderjit Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CRM No.M-5559 of 2019 (O&M) Date of Decision: February 26, 2019 Rajpreet Kaur

...Petitioner

VERSUS

State of Punjab

...Respondent

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJIT SINGH

Present:

Mr.B.R.Rana, Advocate for the petitioner.

**** INDERJIT SINGH, J.

Petitioner has filed this petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail in case FIR No.86 dated 15.06.2016 under Sections 302, 34 and 120-B IPC (challan presented under Section 302 and 34 IPC), registered at Police Station City Samana, District Patiala. Notice of motion.

Mr.Dhruv Dayal, Sr.DAG, Punjab, has put in appearance on behalf of the respondent-State and contested the petition. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned State counsel and have gone through the record. From the record, I find that FIR in the present case has been registered on the statement of Gurbaksh Singh. As per allegations in the FIR, present petitioner Rajpreet Kaur wife of Bahadur Singh had developed VINEET GULATI 2019.02.27 16:27 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh illicit relations with Mandeep Singh and later on, she developed illicit

CRM No.M-5559 of 2019 -2relations with Balwinder Singh. It is a case of circumstantial evidence and as per allegations Bahadur Singh is stated to have been killed by giving two blows with bricks.

The petitioner has been in custody since 16.06.2016 . She is not required for custodial interrogation as she is in judicial custody. The trial of the case will take long time. No useful purpose will be served by keeping the petitioner in custody till the disposal of the case. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the present case, without discussing the facts in minute detail and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail subject to her furnishing personal/surety bonds in the sum of `50,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court/Duty Magistrate. February 26, 2019 (INDERJIT SINGH) Vgulati JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes Whether reportable No VINEET GULATI 2019.02.27 16:27 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh