Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.
No.M-22755 of 2014 Date of Decision : July 16, 2014 Rubi .....Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE Mr.JUSTICE T.P.S.MANN Present : Mr.Aayush Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr.Navdeep Singh, Assistant A.G., Punjab Mr.B.S.Sra, Advocate for the complainant.
T.P.S.MANN, J.
(Oral) Prayer made in the petition is for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case arising out of FIR No.121 dated 31.5.2014 under Sections 363, 366, 494, 420 and 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Sultanwind, District Amritsar.
The aforementioned FIR was registered on the basis of statement made by Manmohan Singh to the effect that his elder daughter, who was aged about 21 years and was doing B.A.Part-II privately from Ludhiana, had met Rahul Verma, son of the petitioner, there at Ludhiana.
Both of them developed acquaintance.
Said Rahul Verma was able to entice away the prosecutrix.
The FIR was initially registered under Sections 363, 366, 120-B IPC.
However, during the investigation of the case, when the prosecution collected the material to show that Rahul Verma already stood married and subsequently Criminal Misc.
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The petitioner, who is mother of Rahul Verma, the main accused is behind the bars since 1.6.2014.
In the FIR, it was alleged that Rahul Verma had enticed away the prosecutrix in connivance with his mother, father and maternal uncle.
The investigation qua the petitioner already stands completed and she is now in judicial custody.
However, the challan has not been presented as yet.
Learned State counsel as well as learned counsel for the complainant have vehemently opposed the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner that neither the prosecutrix has been recovered so far nor Rahul Verma and his father could be arrested by the police and they continue to evade the process of law.
Be that as it may, this Court is of the considered view that the petitioner, who is stated to be an old lady to whom the role attributed was of conniving with the main accused deserves the concession of regular bail.
Resultantly, the petition is accepted.
Bail to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar.
However, nothing stated above be construed as an express of opinion on the merits of the case.
( T.P.S.MANN ) July 16, 2014 JUDGE Satish Kumar 2014.07.17 17:02 satish I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh