Judgment

Mr. Sumeet Goel, J.

Present petition has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.128 dated 05.12.2023 registered for offences punishable under Sections 306/120-B IPC (Vide report dated 05.02.2024, Section 306 IPC has been deleted and Section 304-B IPC has been added) at Police Station Shimlapuri, District Ludhiana.

2. The case set up in the FIR in question is as follows:-

“Statement of Baldev Singh son of Harbans Singh resident of House No.5889, Gali No.21, Mohalla New Shimlapuri, Ludhiana aged about 53 years, Mobile No.9646340387. Stated that I am resident of above mentioned address and I have three children i.e. two sons and one daughter. Marriage of my eldest daughter Navdeep Kaur took place on 2.7.2023 in hotel Presidency, Gill Road Ludhiana with Sukhwinder Singh son of Balbir Singh resident of G.K. Country, H.No.608, near KFC Ramgarh, P.S. Jamalpur, Ludhiana as per Sikh Religious Rites. My daughter remained alright in the house of her in-laws for 10- 15 days after the marriage. After that they had been taunting her regarding past and being from poor family and they used to ridicule her. Tolerating all these