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Suicide
follows husband's killing CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Life has come full circle for two star-crossed lovers who dared to defy norms of society and ultimately paid the price for not treading the beaten track. For Gurcharan and Jasbir, marital bliss was only a year and a half long sojourn, shattered by two shots and a can of kerosene. While 25-year-old Gurcharan was shot dead by Kulbir, a brother of the girl, 20-year-old Jasbir committed suicide after dousing herself with kerosene and setting herself on fire in a bathroom of her in-laws' house in Sector 7 at about 5.15 am this morning. Relatives who were trying to cope with the double tragedy, recalled that the couple had been very much in love and it was smooth sailing for them till Kulbir appeared on the scene yesterday morning with his pleas of starting afresh. Initially, he had threatened the couple and had sworn to kill them. Friends and neighbours who were consoling the grief-stricken family, recalled that the family had celebrated their marriage anniversary on a lavish scale a few months back. It had been done to compensate for the hurried ceremony performed in the Arya Samaj Mandir in Sector 23 in view of the opposition from the girl's family, who were against the inter-caste marriage. While the boy was a Balmiki, the girl was from a Jat Sikh family. They said Jasbir's mother had visited the house to warn the newly-weds that they should not visit Gurcharan's sister since Kulbir had sworn to kill them and plans were afoot to carry out the threat. This threat was not taken seriously by them, they added. In her dying declaration to Mr A.K. Bishnoi, JMIC, she reportedly said she was ending her life as there was nothing left for her following the death of her husband. She could not imagine life without him. She succumbed to burn injuries around noon. When countered with the news of the death of his sister, Kulbir shrugged nonchalantly and said she had done the right thing or he would have had to do the deed himself when he was free. He was later produced before Mr H.S. Madaan, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody till December 14. The first inkling of the tragedy that was to befall the couple manifested itself when Kulbir turned up at his sister's house and said everything had been forgiven and forgotten and they should start afresh. Gurcharan and Jasbir were happy that everything was falling into place. In the evening, Kulbir, Gurcharan and his friend went out to celebrate. After a purchasing spree in Sector 19, the trio had some snacks at a pub in Sector 7. On the way back, Kulbir
took out a .12 bore countrymade pistol, strapped to his
ankle, and shot Gurcharan in the head. As the pulse was
still running, he reloaded the pistol and shot him
through the chin. He was arrested by the police while he
was trying to flee from the scene. A case under Section
309 of the IPC has been registered against Jasbir Kaur. To
reward the initiative and right approach adopted in
nabbing the accused, Mr S. K. Singh, IGP, has promoted
two policemen posted with traffic police and rewarded
four personnel of a police control room ambulance van who
reached the spot immediately. Head Constable Mohan Lal
has been promoted as ASI and Constable Ram Chander has
been promoted as Head Constable. Head Constable Dhanna
Singh, who was heading the ambulance team, Constable
Samundar Singh and Home Guard jawans Salwinder Singh and
Satyawan have each been given first-class certificates
and Rs 2,000. |
Warm
send-off for PGI Director CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Prof B.K. Sharma was given a warm send-off by the faculty and staff of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) as he relinquished charge as Director of PGIMER here today. Prof Sharma retired today after putting in more than 32 years of service. He joined the institute as lecturer in January, 1967, and rose to become Head of Department of Internal Medicine in 1979. He worked as Medical Superintendent and Dean. He took over as officiating Director from Dr B.N.S. Walia in June, 1995, and was selected the Director a month later. He was given extension for two years or till he attained the age of 62. Talking to The Tribune earlier in the day, Prof Sharma said he was carrying wonderful memories of his tenure. "It gave me everything that one in my profession can look forward to. Thanks to this institute, I was selected Director of National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1996. "I hope I gave everything I had to this institution," he said. In his brief address at the simple send-off, he recalled his experiences of treating patients, teaching students, and as researcher and administrator. "My ambition on the day I joined the institute was to become Professor in Internal Medicine but I had never thought of becoming Director," he said. He thanked everyone for the support he received. Prof A.K. Banerjee on behalf of the faculty, Mr J.S. Kohli, Adviser, Engineering Department, Ms P. Sahi, Deputy Director (Administration), Mr Bakshi Ram, Financial Adviser, Dr D. Behera, acting Medical Superintendent and Registrar, and Mr D.R. Yadava also spoke. Prof N.K. Ganguly, Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research, who had come here to take charge as acting Director as per orders of the Union Government, also spoke on the occasion. He was presented bouquets by representatives of various offices in PGIMER. Ms P. Sahi presented him a memento on behalf of the institute. Members bid farewell by leaving him at his house. Among those present at the send-off were heads of various departments and members of administrative and engineering departments. A group of PGI Employees
Union members claimed to have celebrated his retirement. |
Ganguli
takes over as acting Director CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Prof N.K. Ganguli, Director-General, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), today took over as acting Director of the PGI after the outgoing Director, Prof B.K. Sharma, relinquished charge. Meanwhile, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued an interim order directing Professor Ganguli not to take over as Director of the PGI. Professor Sharma, when
contacted, said that he relinquished charge at 1 p.m. and
Professor Ganguli took over at 2 p.m. The copy of the
order of the High Court was received in the office of the
Director at 2.30 p.m. However, some employees have
contested this claim of the PGI authorities. |
PGI panels
to meet on December 8 NEW DELHI, Nov 30 — The governing body and the institute body of PGI, Chandigarh, is scheduled to meet here on December 8 to honour the Supreme Court deadline of filling all vacant posts of general faculty by mid-December. Sources in the Health Ministry told TNS here on Tuesday that a meeting of the institute body, the highest policy-making body comprising experts in medical sciences, is scheduled after the governing body meeting. Both the meetings will be chaired by the Union Health Minister, Mr N.T. Shanmugam. Recommendations for the aforesaid posts would be made before the governing body and would then be taken up at the meeting of the institute. These meetings, scheduled on October 1, could not be held due to unavoidable circumstances. The sources indicated that Mr Shanmugam’s predecessors had initiated the process of selecting the new Director of the PGI by setting up a special selection committee. They said that candidates found suitable for the high office had already been shortlisted. According to the rules, the governing body authorises the Health Minister to constitute a special selection committee to initiate the process of selection of Director. The governing body meeting which would be attended by the Secretary, Health, and the Director General, Health Services, may ask the Minister to change the existing selection committee. Sources refused to
comment why the seniormost faculty member of the PGI,
Chandigarh, had not been given the officiating charge.
They termed Prof. N.K. Ganguly’s appointment as a
"purely interim arrangement which would continue
till the regular appointment of the Director takes
place." They said the appointment of the new
Director would take time as the selection would have to
be approved by the Appointment Committee of Cabinet. |
Jacob
lists focus areas CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The new Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today listed out focus areas for various departments of the Chandigarh Administration during his first visit to the UT Secretariat here today. Presiding over a meeting of senior officials of the administration, General Jacob laid emphasis on improving the quality of life for the residents of the city. Stressing the need for preserving environment, he directed the Deputy Conservator of Forests to ensure that there was no encroachment in the forest area and every tree was well guarded and preserved. Education, both primary and vocational, health and medical facilities, maintenance and preservation of environment should be the focus areas, he told the officials. General Jacob said that he expected the administration to be people friendly, transparent, answerable to the people, fair and just. He said the administration should provide level playing field to everyone and he expected 100 per cent integrity and dedication from employees and officials. He wanted the Education Secretary to take immediate steps to vocationalise the education system. The administration, he said, should provide computer education to every student and the process could be started from Class X and then extended to the middle and primary levels. The Sport Department was asked to maintain all playfields in proper shape. The emphasis should be more on schools so that the youth could be encouraged to take to physical activities and games. General Jacob stressed the need for maintaining green belts. He wanted the administration to explore the possibility of setting up a botanical garden in the interest of education, recreation and tourism. He said the garbage disposal system should be made more scientific and systematic. He wanted the administration to explore the possibility of making paper bags from bagasse and discourage the use of plastic bags. To make Chandigarh a major tourist attraction, CITCO should encourage conducted tours to religious places, places of historical and ancient importance in the neighbouring states. General Jacob also
expressed his concern over deficit in the Budget and
wanted other avenues to be explored without hurting the
common man. He wanted the Health Secretary to establish
CT Scan and MRI facilities at the Sector 32 Government
Medical College Hospital. |
MC imposes
5 per cent service tax CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The general house of the Municipal Corporation, at a meeting today, decided several pending issues. The house that met after a gap of three months passed a set of rules to be followed by cable TV operators. Besides, purchase of machinery and equipment worth Rs 1.50 crore for the sanitation wing was also cleared. This is out of Rs 2.53 crore plan budget of the corporation on sanitation-cum-mechanical transportation wing. The house also imposed a 5 per cent service tax on the use of community centres for marriages and other functions. The tax has been imposed on the use of community centres and “janj ghars” after the Central Excise Department pointed it out to the MC, saying that service tax had to be deposited as the MC was providing services to those booking these places. For cable TV operators, the MC proposes to allow the use of electricity poles. Besides, the operators will be allowed to have underground wiring against a payment. For this, comprehensive guidelines have been laid down. However, it is not sure when the scheme will be actually enforced on the cable TV companies. On this issue, the Congress members staged a walkout saying this will jack up charges of cable connections as the operators will pass on the additional burden to the viewers. The house also passed the proposal to have a small contingent of the Chandigarh Police posted in the MC as part of the enforcement wing. These cops will be headed by an inspector-level official and draw their salary and other service benefits from the MC. An agenda to build two more storeys on top of the existing MC building in Sector 17 was also approved. Another major issue to be decided was the use of 56.53 acre of land in Mani Majra. The house decided that the land will not be handed over to the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) for constructing 5000 LIG or EWS houses. Former Mayor Gyan Chand Gupta was of the opinion that the matter of how the land will be utilised can be decided later. The house should, however, decide that the land should not be handed over to any other authority. The house decided that the nurseries in Sectors 23 and 26 be leased out to private parties for operations. This will not be at the cost of the “malis” employed in these nurseries by the MC. These “malis” can be used elsewhere. Another important issue to be passed was the use of backlanes in Sectors 1 to 30. The house ratified the report of its committee on the subject but the issue cannot be resolved unless it is cleared by the administration. The Congress members
raised a hue and cry that the Mayor was not listening to
their voice. Mr Kanhya Lal, Senior Deputy Mayor, was in
the chair as the Mayor , Mr Kewal Krishan Addiwal, was
away due to some personal problem. |
Director
chargesheeted on retirement SAS NAGAR, Nov 30 — In a string of events, the Director (academic) of the Punjab School Education Board, Prof Harlal Singh, who retired today, was served charge sheet by the board authorities for allegedly committing certain irregularities in the implementation of the academic rules, resulting in financial loss to the board. According to sources, the alleged irregularities pertained to the syllabus books of Classes XI and XII, published by private publishers. The charge sheet was served by the Vice-Chairman of the board on behalf of the Chairman who is out of the town. The charge sheet was served following a report regarding the charges against the Director (academic) submitted by the board authorities to the state Education Department. Sources said as per the procedure, the syllabus books were approved by the academic council before these were prescribed. The authorities concerned in the board, after approving the syllabus books, fixed certain amount which the publishers had to pay to the board for a specified period. Sources said the syllabus books from 1993 to 1998 had not been revised. Meanwhile, the Punjab School Education Board (non-teaching) Association today gave a warm farewell to Prof Harlal, who had joined the board in 1983 as a Deputy Secretary. He became the Director (academic) in 1989. A former Member of
Parliament from Ropar, Mr Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, was
also present on the occasion. Later, a convoy of vehicles
led the farewell party of the outgoing director. |
Scheme to
redress grievances CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — To speed up the redressing of grievances and ease the harassment of the public at the police stations, the duty officer of the day would be present there to listen to the complaints in the absence of the respective SHOs. The orders in this context are likely to be issued in a couple of days and directions have been given for strict compliance. This has been done after persons complained that the SHOs were not readily available and the subordinate staff was far from accommodating. Mr Parag Jain, SSP, said it had been seen from experience that the SHOs could not be expected to be in their offices all day long as they had many duties to carry out in a day. Since it was a field posting, the time for meeting people was limited. It had been seen that the fixed timings for meeting the public had been a non-starter as the officers had either to give evidence in court, or were needed be on patrolling, on the VIP duty and other assignments. The only time they were free were either early in the morning or late in the evening, a time that was not favoured by most visitors. He said from now, the
duty officer, not below the rank of an NGO, would listen
to the complainants, take down the complaints on a
register, and if needed, contact the SHO on the wireless.
The officer would also take down the complaints aired
over the telephone. |
Train
youth
in vocational field: Chhibber CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Virasat '99, a two-day career-cum-cultural festival, concluded at the GGDSD College, Sector 32, here today. Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber (retd), who was the chief guest on the concluding day, said: ''Indians had brain but they lacked opportunities. We should train the youth in the vocational field so that they are better equipped for the next millennium. What is good in western culture should be adopted and the bad rejected." Mr Upkar Krishan Sharma, President of the college managing committee, said the key area for education was to equip them for the forthcoming century. The functions were presided over by Dr A.C. Vaid. . Harleen Sachdeva (Dev Samaj College, Sector 45), Raghav (SD College) and Sajan Singh (GCM, Sector 11) were the winners in the turncoat contest. Prerna Puri (GCG-11), Gurpreet (Dev Samaj College, Sector 45) and Mokesh (DAV College) were the winners in the histrionics contests. The winners: rangoli — Vandana (GCG-42), Bharti (Dev Samaj-45) and A. Bains; fresh flower arrangement — Inder Vineet Sondhi and Gurpreet Kaur(GGS-26) and Anupriya Gupta (GCG-11); dry flower arrangement — Gitika Tyagi (SD College, Ambala), Geetika Bhogal (GC-46) and Renu Rana (SD College). The ghazal contest was won by Assem Sharma from the host college. Jatinder Singh from the same college and Manpinder Kaur (GCG-42) and Harpreet (Government College of Education). The instrumental music contest was won by Swati from SD College, Ambala. Ajay from the host college stood second, while the third place was shared by Tushar (SD, Ambala) and Harpreet (GC-20). Devinder (GCE-20), Anubhav Chandel (GCG-46) and Irwanjit Kaur (GC-46) won the poster-making contest. Banaj Bhatia (NIIHM), Sunil (DAV) and Samidha (GCG-11) won the slogan-writing contest. The team of Piyush Suri, Sidharath Chauhan, Mannu Sharma and Bhuvan Sharma from DAV College, Sector 10, won the advertisement contest. The team of Samidha Kumar, Shwetha Singh, Rajna Gupta and Taruna Sharma from the GCG, Sector 11, were second, while the third place went to the host college comprising Harpreet Pahwa, Vikrant, Malika and Divisha. The host college team
comprising Kumar Gaurav, Aditya and Paramjeet Singh won
the quiz contest. Sidharth Chauhan, Piyush Suri and Manu
Sharma from DAV College were second. The third place was
bagged by the team of the GCG, Sector 11, comprising
Binny Chopra, Rupa Ghosh and Nidhi. |
DAV
inter-school quiz held PANCHKULA, Nov 30 — All DAV public and model schools in the Haryana Zone-I participated in an inter-school quiz competition held at Chaman Lal DAV Public School, in Sector 11, here today. The contest was divided into two sections — juniors and the seniors. Six teams took part in each group. Students were tested on topics relating to science, wildlife, general awareness and IQ. It was a tough contest for the top spot in the senior section which was finally won by DAV English Medium School, Panchkula, after a 'rapid-fire' round. BCW DAV Senior Secondary School, Surajpur, was the runners-up, followed by OSD DAV Public School, Kaithal. The Principal of the
school, Mr V.P. Paul, distributed the prizes. In the
juniors' section, OSD DAV Public School, Kaithal, stood
first, followed by CL DAV Public School, Panchkula. The
third position went to RN Kapoor DAV Public School,
Ambala Cantt. Essay-writing contest PANCHKULA, Nov 30 — A total of 55 students took part in an inter-school essay writing and poster-making competition, held at Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Sector 7 here today. The contest, organised by the Survival of Young and Adolescent (SURYA) foundation to create awareness on AIDS , was inaugurated by the District Education Officer, Ms Phool Kheti. All topics in the contest related to HIV/ AIDS. Mr G.P.Saluja, Additional Project Director of the Haryana AIDS Control Society, distributed the prizes. In the poster-making
competition, Shikha Goel of Moti Ram Public School,
Sector 7, stood first followed by Sanju of the host
school. Pradeep, of the same school, came third. In the
essay writing competition, Ms Jaya Sharma, of Government
Girls School, Sector 7, bagged the first position
followed by Ms Kirti of MRA School, sector 7. Ms
Nazroonisha of Government Girls School , Sector 7 earned
the third position. |
AIDS
awareness workshop ends CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — A two-day workshop on AIDS awareness, organised by the Song and Drama Division, North West Region, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with the State AIDS Control Society, Chandigarh, concluded at Bal Bhavan, Sector 23, here today. Mr Kanwal Kishore, Deputy Principal Information Officer, Press Information Bureau, presided over the function. He talked about ill-effects of AIDS and ways to prevent it. Dr Ajit Saroha of the State Aids Control Society, Chandigarh, Dr Aunish Jolly, a physician and rehabilitation specialist with the Servants of the People Society, and Mr Satish Chandra Sharma, DEMO, UT, imparted expert guidance. The workshop will be followed by an intensive campaign from December 2, which will cover identified areas of Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh by presenting cultural programmes on AIDS by artistes of registered parties and artistes on the panel of the division. About 50 model programmes at 50 identified venues will be presented to sensitise the masses on AIDS. The campaign will be launched on the World AIDS Day. Dr N.M. Sharma, Project Director, State AIDS Control Society, discussed causes of AIDS. The State AIDS Control Society of Chandigarh Administration will observe World AIDS Day on December 1. This year's theme is 'Listen, Learn, Live — World AIDS Campaign with Children and young people'. The society will also
organise a workshop for mediapersons on December 1 at the
UT guest house to acquaint them with the dreaded disease.
Personnel from PGI and GMCH will share their experiences
and expertise. Ms Vineeta Rai, Adviser to UT
Administrator, will inaugurate the workshop and Mr Rakesh
Singh will be the guest of honour. Seminar on Dalit consciousness CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Unless Dalits make a common cause with the other deprived sections of society for a structural change which can bring social change, there were little chances of social transformation. These remarks were made by Prof Randhir Singh in the presidential address on the concluding day of a seminar on "Dalit consciousness and social change in Punjab" at Panjab University here today. Professor Randhir Singh said that globalisation could lead to concentration of wealth in certain regions of the world and differentiate poverty in other regions. Earlier Prof P.S. Verma presented a quantitative survey of the electoral performance of the BSP in Punjab. Prof Gopal Iyer stressed upon the need for empowerment of Dalits in Punjab by giving them land in villages. Dr Chaman Lal from Punjabi University presented an agenda for the Dalit empowerment in the 21st century. He said that by 2047, India should strive for a casteless society. Dr Surjit Bhatti, Director of the Punjabi University Regional Centre, Bathinda, said that Dalits could change their destiny only if they properly identify their adversaries. The other prominent speakers included Dr Manjit Singh, Dr Ronki Ram, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal and Dr Shinderpal Singh. Dr G.S. Dhillon was of
the view that the Dalit movement should not be directed
against the ''Jat'' peasantry of Punjab who were
themselves largely ''buried under heaps of debt''. |
Debate on
beauty contests CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — An open discussion on 'Should Beauty Contests be Encouraged' was organised at Gandhi Bhavan, Panjab University, here today by the Yuvsatta and the ABVP. Prominent persons and young participants took part in the discussion. Another beauty contest was being held simultaneously in another part of the university. The discussion mainly held the media responsible for glorifying beauty contests and influencing young minds by giving the idea that less meant more beautiful and glamorous. Mr Manmohan Singh, a hotelier, asked the audience what constituted a fashion show, since there was hardly any fashion to be seen for of lack of clothes on models. Terming fashion and beauty contests as deterioration of female gender, he said there could be no greater mockery of the fair sex than these contests. He lashed out at the media. Ms Satinder Dhillon, Principal, Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, claimed that she had never made her students take part in beauty contests. She added that bureaucrats never missed functions in which beauty or fashion shows were included. Reiterating that the media and the Administration were part of the game of romanticising fashion shows, she added that teachers could start by asking students not to take part in beauty contests. Ms Pam Rajput,
Chairperson, Centre for Women Studies, Panjab University,
said it was not that society and the media were part of
the process of glorifying the beauty industry and fashion
shows but we were criminals in perpetuating exhibition of
bodies. Dr N. Radhakrishnan, Director, Gandhi Smriti and
Darshan Smiti, presided over the discussion. |
SAD to
file reply on December 6 CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Not commenting upon the merits of Punjab Legislative Assembly member Ravi Inder Singh's application seeking stay on taking of "steps" in pursuance of the November 16 show-cause notice "threatening his expulsion from the Shiromani Akali Dal", the UT Civil Judge (Junior Division), Mr Naval Kumar, today fixed December 6 for the filing of written statement and reply. Challenging the validity of the notice, his counsel stated that the plaintiff would be expelled on December 2 if the stay was not granted. The suit, he added, would as a result became infructuous. He added that the expulsion order had already been written. Opposing the plea, counsel for the defendants contended that the application was premature. The plaintiff, the counsel added, had been issued a show-cause notice and action could, or might, follow only after the reply was received. Seeking five days' time, the counsel stated that they wanted to file para-wise reply to the suit. After hearing the arguments, the judge observed that the interest of justice required the grant of time to the defendants for filing reply to the stay application, besides the written statement. The judge directed the counsel for the defendants to file power of attorney on behalf of all the defendants on the next date of hearing. The plaintiff, it may be recalled, had earlier sought directions to the defendants against the alleged destruction of the democratic structure of the SAD "by curbing the freedom of expression, critical appreciation and the democratic activity within the party". He had also asked for the grant of any other relief "that the applicant be found entitled to", in the interest of justice, "equity and good conscience and in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the suit". Claiming the Political
Affairs Committee "to be alien to the constitution
of the SAD", the counsel for the plaintiff further
stated that Mr Ravi Inder Singh would suffer
"irreparable loss and injury to his political and
social rights in society" if ad-interim injunction
was not granted. The loss, his counsel added, "could
not be compensated in terms of money". The suit will
come up for arguments tomorrow.
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Notice
issued in salaries case CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — On an application seeking the modification of an order “vide which Head Account Number 2701 Major and Medium Irrigation (Non Plan) was attached, resulting in the non-payment of salaries to the employees”, UT Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mr Sant Parkash today issued notice for December 4. Claiming the non-acceptance of salary bills submitted for the month of November by SYL Canal Project employees, the counsel for the plaintiff stated that, according to the Punjab treasury officer, the salaries were not released due to the attachment of the head. It may be recalled that the CJM, directing the attachment of the Head on November 19, had also issued warrants of attachment according to a list of departments under the head supplied by the Punjab Treasury officer. The attachment order was
passed after decree holder, M/s Sharma and Associates,
filed an execution petition before the Additional Civil
Judge against judgement debtors — State of Punjab
through the Executive Engineer. |
Bail
granted in dowry death case CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, today granted bail to a Daddu Majra resident, accused of being involved in a 1997 dowry death case. The applicant, Miss Rani, was directed to be released upon furnishing a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and a surety of a like amount, to the satisfaction of the illaqua magistrate. The deceased bridegroom's sister, she was arrested on November 19 after the case was reinvestigated following directions by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The First Information Report, under Section 304-B of the IPC, was registered after the bride Sonia succumbed to burn injuries in June, 1997. Pronouncing the order in the open court, the judge directed the applicant against tampering with evidence or contacting or influencing the prosecution witnesses. The judge observed,
"The applicant is an unmarried girl. It is axiomatic
that the law relating to the female is a bit liberal,
which appears to be the mandate of Section 437 of the
CrPC." He further observed, "Keeping in view
the totality of facts and circumstances of this case but
without expressing my opinion on the merits of the case,
it is directed that the applicant be released on
bail." |
Trafficking case: woman gets
pre-arrest bail CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Mr Justice T.H.B. Chalapathi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today allowed anticipatory bail to Raj Bala in an immoral trafficking case of Pinjore in Panchkula district. An FIR was registered against Bhim Singh Chauhan, a resident of Mansa Devi complex, on the charge that he was found committing an immoral act with a Zirakpur resident at a Pinjore hotel. The petitioner, Raj
Bala, who was not mentioned in the FIR apprehended arrest
because she was named by the two in their confessional
statements before the police. Bhim Singh Chauhan, Manju
and Narender Kumar were arrested but they were granted
bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Panchkula. Since
Manju was not able to arrange for bail, she was sent to
the state Home for Women and Children at Karnal. The
petitioner stated she was out of station on the day of
the incident and falsely implicated. |
Constable
released on probation CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The UT Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mr. Jasbir Singh, has released a Home Guard constable, along with another accused, on probation in a case under the Arms Act. The accused —
Ranbir Singh of Home Guard and Punjab Singh — were
directed to be released on probation for one year. The
two were booked by the Chandigarh Police on February 3,
1994, under sections 25, 27, 59 and 54 of the Arms Act.
According to the prosecution, the accused had fired in
the air in Burail village, near here. |
SNIPPETS Personal contact programme CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The personal contact programme for bachelor of commerce (part I) in the Correspondence Department of Panjab University will commence on December 6, an official press release said here today. The first batch will include students between roll Nos 5001 and 5750. The classes conclude on December 11. The remaining batch will attend the classes from December 20. The personal contact programme for the students at Ludhiana will commence on December 6. Cop recruitment test on January 16 CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The written examination of candidates who have cleared the physical test for recruitment of constables, will be held on January 16. According to Mr Ajay Kashyap, SSP, HQ-cum-Chairman, Selection Board, the lists have been displayed at the reception of police headquarters, Sector 9, gate 1 of police lines, Sector 26, and notice board and are with duty officers of all police stations. The call letters to qualified candidates are being issued shortly and those who do not receive these by January 10 can contact the Recruitment Branch at the headquarters. Harjit Vasudev retires CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Ms Harjit Vasudev, today retired as Director of the Regional Institute of English after putting in more than 30 years of service in the Education Department, UT. Ms Vasudev headed the institute for about 10 years and was associated with a number of programmes of the University Grants Commission, the NCERT and the NCTE. PU cultural function CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The Panjab University Campus Students Council organised a cultural programme at the law auditorium today in memory of the Kargil war heroes. Mr Venod Sharma, a former Member of Parliament, presided over the function. The programme was of two
hours. The performances included a fashion display, songs
and dances. 'Giddha' received maximum applause from the
crowd |
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