IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

115+217 CRM-M-17757-2026 (O&M).

Date of decision: 22.04.2026.

PARAMJEET KAUR ...Petitioner(s)

VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent(s)

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ PRESENT Mr. Abhaysher Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner(s).

Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Sr. DAG, Punjab. VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

CRM-16574-2026 Application is allowed as prayed for subject to all just exceptions.

Annexure P-7 is taken on record.

The Registry is directed to tag the same at an appropriate place.

Main case This is the second petition filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.91 dated 24.06.2023, under Section(s) 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Corresponding Sections 103 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023), Sections 201, 203 and 182 IPC (Sections 228, 240 and 217 of BNS, 2023, registered at Police Station City Malout, District Sri Muktsar Sahib.

2 FIR in the present case was registered on the statement of Harnek Singh, who made a statement to the effect that :-

“xxxxxx they are two brothers. His elder brother is Jasvir Singh. They are married and are separate in residence. Jasvir Singh was married to Paramjit Kaur daughter of Bakhshish Ram, resident of village Midda for the last 33-34 years. Jasvir Singh was cancer patient. His sister-in-law Paramjit Kaur proceeded on the wrong path. She used to bring females from other villages in her house and indulged them in wrong work. Jasvir Singh used to stop Paramjit Kaur from doing so. Due to this reason, Jasvir Singh started taking liquor. Paramjit Kaur was not caring Jasvir Singh properly. On 12.04.2023 at about 4:20 PM, his nephew Jiwan Singh alias Jeon telephonically informed him that Jiwan Singh’s father Jasvir Singh died on account of cancer. Then about 30-35 minutes later, his sisterin-law telephonically informed his wife Karamjit Kaur to come quickly as they called doctor and doctor told that smell is coming out from the dead body of Jasvir Singh, so they should cremate him at the earliest. Then he along with his father Chand Singh and his wife Karamjit Kaur went to the house of Jasvir Singh. On reaching, they checked the dead body of Jasvir Singh, then they found some mark on the neck of Jasvir Singh due to which they took his dead body to Civil Hospital, Malout, where his postmortem was got done and as per which, Jasvir Singh died on account of strangulation and there was an injury mark on his left wrist also. He is sure that Jasvir Singh was murdered by his nephew and sister-in-law. xxxxxxx”

3 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that the co-accused of the petitioner namely Jeewan Singh alias Jeon Singh has been granted the concession of regular bail vide order dated 18.03.2026 passed by this Court in CRM-M-66214-2025. He contends that the case of the petitioner would be at par with the aforesaid co-accused who has been granted the concession of regular bail, hence, the petitioner also deserves to be released on bail.

4 State counsel does not dispute that the case of the petitioner would be at par with the co-accused who has been granted the concession of regular bail.

5 Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that similarly placed co-accused has been granted the concession of regular bail, thus extending the principle of parity, I deem it appropriate to allow the present petition. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. The petitioner is ordered to be released on bail on her furnishing requisite bail bond/surety bond to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/Duty Magistrate, concerned.

6 It is made clear that the petitioner shall not extend any threat and shall not influence any prosecution witnesses in any manner directly or indirectly.

7 The observation made hereinabove shall not be construed as an expression on the merits of the case and the trial Court shall deci