JUDGMENT :

VIKAS BAHL, J.

1. Prayer in the present petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No.253 dated 03.11.2020 registered under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter to be referred as “the IPC”) at Police Station City Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur. FIR, in the present case, has been registered on the statement of Preet wife of Arun Kumar @ Nannu and the said Arun Kumar @ Nannu is stated to have committed suicide on 02.11.2020 at about 4.45 pm and as per allegations in the FIR, the said Preet-complainant had submitted that she suspected that her husband had consumed some poisonous substance because he was upset with the petitioner, who had been threatening to kill the family of deceased by calling up from his mobile No. i.e. 7504300059 and on account of the said calls, the deceased was very upset for the last 1-2 days preceding the date of complaint and thus, had committed suicide.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that in the present case, FIR has been registered merely on the basis of suspicion and there is no prima facie material to connect the petitioner with the suicide of the deceased. It is