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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

CRM-M No.18974 of 2026

Date of Decision: 19.05.2026

Kajal

….. Petitioner

Versus

State of Haryana

….. Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ

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Present: Mr. Baljeet Beniwal, Advocate and

Mr. Ajay Sandhu, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Ms. Diya Sodhi, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

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RAJESH BHARDWAJ, J.

1. Present second petition has been filed praying for the grant of

regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.199, dated 13.12.2022,

under Sections 302, 34 of IPC, registered at Police Station Bahin, District

Palwal.

2. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that FIR in the present

case was got registered on the statement of complainant, namely,

Bhuparam. It was alleged that the complainant married his daughter to one

Dharmender about 06 years ago. It was alleged that his daughter was

frequently subjected to assault and on account of the same, several written

complaints have been filed at Police Station Bahin. It was alleged that on

12.12.2022, at about 05:00 P.M., sister-in-law (Nanad) of his daughter,

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namely, Kajal (petitioner) along with her son, namely, Abhishek went to

the fields in village Bhamrola Jogi. On the way, the petitioner told her

nephew, namely, Himanshu, to call the daughter of the complainant in the

fields. Thereafter, Pappi along with the nephew, namely, Himanshu

reached the fields to meet her sister-in-law, where Dharmender and his

nephew, namely, Abhishek along with his friends, namely, Lav, Amit and

Rajender were already present there. During scuffle, the abovesaid persons

started beating Pappi and strangulated her with her scarf (chunari),

however, she tried hard to save her life but could not succeed. After seeing

Pappi being beaten, Himanshu ran towards the village and informed about

the incident to his mother. Thereafter his mother called the police and

hence, the request was made to take legal action against all the accused

persons. On the basis of the same, the FIR was registered. On registration

of the FIR, the investigation commenced. Resultantly, the petitioner was

arrested on 01.03.2025. On completion of the investigation, the challan

was presented and on framing of charges, the trial commenced. The

petitioner approached the Court of learned Additional District & Sessions

Judge, Palwal praying for the grant of regular bail. However, after hearing

both the sides and finding no merit in the same, the learned Additional

District & Sessions Judge, Palwal dismissed the bail application filed by

the petitioner vide order dated 14.11.2025. Being aggrieved, the petitioner

earlier approached this Court praying for the grant of regular bail by way

of filing CRM-M-48698-2025, however the same was dismissed as

withdrawn vide order dated 05.09.2025. Hence being aggrieved, the

petitioner is again before this Court praying for grant of regular bail by

way of filing the present second petition.

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3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has vehemently contended

that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has

submitted that the main accused in the present case is the co-accused,

namely, Dharmender, who have been alleged to have strangulated his wife,

namely, Pappi @ Prachi. He has submitted that the petitioner is the sister

of the co-accused, namely, Dharmender. He has submitted that the

petitioner was alleged to be the part of the conspiracy. He has submitted

that there is no evidence to connect the petitioner with the alleged offence.

He has submitted that the petitioner is a married lady, who has one child.

He has submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents as she has

never been involved in any other case. He has submitted that the petitioner

is behind bars from last more than 01 year and the material witnesses

a