GIRDHARI LAL AND ANR. Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB
LAWS(P&H)-2011-3-817
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Decided on March 14,2011

Girdhari Lal And Anr. Appellant
VERSUS
STATE OF PUNJAB Respondents

JUDGEMENT

Alok Singh, J. - (1.) THIS is an application seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 30 dated 15.5.2010 under Sections 302/120 -B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, Police Station 'D' Division, Amritsar, District Amritsar City.
(2.) LEARNED Counsel for the Petitioners argued that Petitioners are jeth and jethani of the deceased and she has committed suicide after 13 years of marriage. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners further states that no weapon is to be recovered from the Petitioners and the role attributed to the Petitioners is that they have caught hold the deceased while others have strangulated her. Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra and Ors., 2011(1) RCR (Cri) 126, has observed that irrational and indiscriminate arrest must be avoided. Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of State of Kerala v. Raneef, 2011(1) RCR (Cri) 381 has observed that in the event of rejection of the bail application, time spent in the jail during the trial cannot be restored to the accused in the event of acquittal of the accused by the trial Court.
(3.) PETITIONERS were granted interim bail by this Court vide order dated 16.2.2011. However, they have not mis -used the bail.;


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