IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.04.2026 Kuldeep Singh …Petitioner V/S State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL Present: Mr. Lokesh Garg, Advocate for Mr. Kushagra Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sukhbeer Singh, DAG, Punjab.

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SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL J. (Oral)

1. Petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR No.65 dated 22.06.2025, under Sections 108 and 3(5) of BNS, Police Station Sarai Amanat Khan, District Tarn Tarn. This is the first petition for anticipatory bail.

2. Complainant alleged that her daughter Sanjana @ Love, who was 20 years old, was married with Jugraj Singh son of Sarabjit Singh in the year 2023. Sanjana had no child, on account of which she remained under stress. At about 08.00 AM that day, she received a telephonic call from Kuldip Singh, younger brother of Jugraj Singh, informing that Sanjana had committed suicide by hanging herself with a fan. She and her nephew reached village Peerawala, District Ferozepur and saw the dead body of Sanjany @ Love lying on a cot.

She suspected that her daughter had committed suicide due to harassment by her husband Jugraj Singh, brother-in-law Kuldeep Singh and mother-in-law Baljit Kaur.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner was the brother-in-law of the deceased. He further submits that the mother-in-law had since been allowed anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 06.11.2025 and mere suspicion of harassment of deceased did not amount to instigation or abetment to commit suicide within the meaning of Section 306 Indian Penal Code. He relies upon judgments of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Amalendu Pal Vs. State of West Bangal 2010(1) RCR(Criminal) 643 and Randhir Singh and Others Vs. State of Punjab 2004(3) ACR 2912 (SC) to submit that merely on the allegations of harassment of deceased without any positive action proximate to the time of occurrence on part of the petitioner which led or compelled the deceased to commit suicide, no offence under Section 306 IPC was made out. He further submits that the deceased remained under depression on account of abortion suffered by her in the parental home on 30.03.2025 and committed suicide on that account. There was a reference to that circumstance in the FIR as well. It is argued that there was no allegation of harassment for dowry and no complaint against the petitioner or any other family member regarding the alleged harassment meted out to the deceased.

4. Vide order dated 27.02.2026 passed by this Court, the petitioner was granted interim bail and was directed to join investigation.

5. Status report filed by learned State counsel is taken on record. Learned State counsel, on instructions from Investigating Officer-ASI Nirmal Singh submits that petitioner has joined investigation and is not required for any further investigation.

6 Petitioner has joined investigation pursuant to order of this Court dated 27.02.2026. In the circumstances of the case but without commenting on merits, the petition is allowed and order dated 27.02.2026, granting interim anticipatory bail to the petitioner, is made absolute, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2)

of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

(SHALINI SINGH NAGPAL)

06.04.2026 JUDGE Kapil