SANJAY MITTAL @ VISHWAS GUPTA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner whose application for bail in anticipation of arrest has been dismissed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala, has approached this Court for the same relief under Section 438 Cr.P.C.

(2.) F .I.R. No. 312 dated 3.6.2000 has been registered under Section 304 I.P.C. at Police Station, Ambala Cantt. on the statement of Navin Chand. As per the allegations, Panna Lal (the deceased in this case) resided in the Hindu Sabha Bhavan, Ambala Cantt and on the date of occurrence at about 10 p.m., petitioner-Sanjay Mittal alias Vishwas Gupta son of Muni Lal came in his car into the Bhavan to park the car. When Panna Lal informed the petitioner that there was a function and, therefore, he should not park the car, the petitioner, in a rage, said that he will park the car there. When the complainant, Panna Lal and others also requested the petitioner to take away the car and park the same outside, the petitioner, in a fit of rage, caught hold of Panna Lal, gave him 2/3 slaps on his face and gave a push with the force on which Panna Lal fell down and died.

(3.) POINTING out these factors, the learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner was not armed, he had no previous enmity with the deceased and had also no motive to cause the death of the deceased. The learned counsel for the petitioner further contends that the opinion of the doctor, the pathological report etc. and the allegations made that the petitioner, in a fit or rage, had allegedly given 2/3 slaps on the face and had pushed the deceased, all go to show that the alleged offence does not fall under section 302 I.P.C. but only under Section 323 I.P.C. Therefore, he contends that the petitioner is entitled to be released on bail, inasmuch the petitioner cannot be attributed with knowledge that the petitioner's alleged action would cause death of the deceased.