BALBIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner who has been summoned as additional accused under Section 319 Cr.P.C. to stand trial in FIR No.165 dated 20.10.2010 under Section 306 IPC, P.S. Model Town, Hoshiarpur has filed the instant petition challenging the impugned order dated 16.8.2011 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, (Ad hoc), Fast Track Court, Hoshiarpur.

(2.) ACCORDING to the averments made in this petition, the son of the petitioner namely Hardeep Kumar was married to Navjot Kaur on 11.10.2009 and after the marriage, her son and daughter-in-law were residing separately from her in Railway quarters L-II at Pathankot. On 19.10.2010, a minor dispute took place between Hardeep Kumar and her daughter-in-law namely Navjot Kaur over meals and when Hardeep Kumar came back from his duty, he found that Navjot Kaur had hanged herself with a dupatta with the roof of the verandah. Hardeep Kumar without wasting any time, took Navjot Kaur to Civil Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. In the inquiry, the Inquiry Officer mentioned that except the husband and wife, nobody was residing in the house.

(3.) AFTER completion of investigation, challan was presented only against Hardeep Kumar, as the petitioner was found innocent during the inquiry proceedings vide inquiry report dated 21.11.2010. Statement of the complainant Gurmukh Ram was recorded on 16.8.2011 as PW-1.