210 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-33648-2024 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.01.2025 Jiwan Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASGURPREET SINGH PURI Present: Mr. Madan Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr.P.S. Bhandari, AAG. Punjab.

Mr. Akun Sheemar, Advocate, for the complainant.

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JASGURPREET SINGH PURI , J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No.75 dated 01.05.2022, under Section 306 IPC (Sections 302, 307, 34, 109 IPC added later on), registered at Police Station Bhikhi, District Mansa.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is in custody for 2 years and 8 months. He submitted that 9 out of 18 cited prosecution witnesses have been examined and 3 have been given up. He submitted that it is a case where the incident whereby the wife of the petitioner died took place after about 10 years of their marriage and they had three children i.e. two daughters and one son. He further submitted that one daughter was of the age of 9 years, younger to her wa