IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 09.2.2026 Sukhdev Singh ......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Manjot Singh Rai, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG, Punjab.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. The jurisdiction of this Court under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 has been invoked for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No. 67 dated 19.6.2021 under Sections 306 and 120-B IPC, registered at Police Station Mehta, Amritsar Rural, District Amritsar.

2. The translated version of the FIR is reproduced below:-

“Statement of Kuldeep Singh son of Balbir Singh resident of Varpal, Police Station Chittiwind aged about 25 years, mobile No.9781517924, it is stated that I am resident of the above mentioned address and doing labour work. I am having 3 sisters and 2 brothers. My eldest sister is Manjit Kaur wife of Ranjit Singh resident of Pheloke, District Tarn Taran and younger to her is Kxxxxxx Kaur alias Baljeet Kaur wife of Sukhdev Singh son of Charan Singh resident of Dhardeo, Police Station Mehta, she had been married 5-6 years ago. From her marriage she is having one son Manraj Singh aged about 3 years and one daughter Sehajpreet Kaur aged about 2 years. My sister Kxxxxxx Kaur alias Baljeet Kaur earlier used to have matrimonial dispute with her husband

2026.02.10 14:29 Sukhdev Singh, when the respectables of both the villages and relatives had compromised the matter and as such she had returned to her matrimonial home at village Dhardeo. Today at about 80' clock in the morning my father Balbir Singh got a phone call on his mobile No. 81958-55939 from our relative Raju son in law of my paternal uncle from his mobile No.98156-85824 and he informed that Kxxxxxx alias Kxxxxxx at night time after having quarrel with Sukhdev Singh had consumed poisonous substance. Now she has died, on coming to know the same we tried to contact the family of the in-laws of my sister and asked about the cremation of our sister, but no one attended our phone call. Then we along with our relatives reached Dhardeo at house of Sukhdev Singh husband of Kawaljeet Kaur alias Baljeet Kaur and we did not find Sukhdev Singh nor the father in law of our daughter Charan Singh. Their other relatives and residents of the village were present and when we tried to see our daughter, they started quarreling with us. Thus for forcing our girl to commit suicide, her husband Sukhdev Singh son of Charan Singh, her father-in-law Charan Singh son of Najar Singh, Sister-in-law Balwinder Kaur alias Bindu and her husband Juj residents of village Bhalowal, Police Station Kathonagal are responsible for harassing her and forcing her to commit suicide by consuming poisonous substances. Necessary legal action be taken against them.”

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia submits that the petitioner is the husband of the deceased, and has been falsely implicated in this case on the statement made by the complainant-brother of the deceased. It is submitted that the marriage of the petitioner was solemnized with the deceased about 5-6 years ago from the alleged occurrence, and they had also been blessed with a son and a daughter, aged about 03 years and about 02 years respectively, who are in the care and custody of the paternal grand parents. During the said period, no such complaint was ever made by the deceased to the police authorities. It is also submitted that the petitioner was arrested in the present case on 21.2.2025 i.e. after about 4½ years from the date of the registration of the present FIR. Furthermore, there is no direct or substantial evidence on record to link the petitioner with the alleged offences. Moreover, there is no corroborative material on record to implicate the petitioner with the alleged offences. It is submitted that in the present case, the ingredients of Section 306 IPC are not made out against the petitioner. It is further submitte