High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/20586/2015allowed

Kuldip Kaur & ANR v. State Of Punjab

2015-09-03Mr. Justice Harinder Singh Sidhu2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

CRM No.M-20586 of 2015 Date of Decision: September 03, 2015 Smt.Kuldip Kaur and another

...Petitioners

VERSUS

State of Punjab and another

...Respondents

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE INDERJIT SINGH

Present:

Mr.Bhupinder Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms.Simsi Dhir Malhotra, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State.

Mr.Naveen Kaushik, Advocate for respondent No.2-complainant.

**** INDERJIT SINGH, J.

Petitioners have filed this petition under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.51 dated 23.05.2015 under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC, registered at Police Station Phase-XI, District SAS Nagar, Mohali.

Notice of motion was issued and learned State counsel as well as learned counsel for respondent No.2-complainant appeared and contested the petition.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties as well as learned State counsel and have gone through the record. In this case, the petitioners are father-in-law and motherVINEET GULATI 2015.09.04 16:17 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh

CRM No.M-20586 of 2015 -2in-law of the complainant-respondent No.2. Sukhpreet Singh Anand, son of the petitioners, is settled in USA. The complainant, after solemnization of the marriage on 16.11.2014, also boarded the flight for USA on 15.12.2014. It is the case of the petitioners that there was no problem till then. The matrimonial dispute arose when the complainant and her husband were residing in USA. It is also the case of the petitioners that it was a simple marriage and no dowry articles were taken at the time of marriage.

The petitioners have already joined the investigation. They are not required for custodial interrogation. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and without discussing the merits of the case in minute details and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I find it a fit case, where the petitioners are entitled to benefit of grant of anticipatory bail. Therefore, the present petition is accepted and the order dated 25.06.2015 granting interim bail to the petitioners is made absolute.

September 03, 2015 (INDERJIT SINGH) Vgulati JUDGE VINEET GULATI 2015.09.04 16:17 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh