PESHAWAR, March 10: A single bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Monday rejected bail petition of a woman accused of attempting to kill her daughter-in-law by setting her afire.

The applicant, Ms Sobedara, is charged with dosing her daughter-in-law, Ms Parveen, with kerosene oil and putting her to torch with the support of her son, Gohar, who has been absconding since registration of the complaint.

The bench comprising Justice Qazi Ahsanullah Qureshi observed that the applicant was charged with an inhuman and heinous offence and in such circumstances bail could not be allowed to her.

The victim had received severe burn injuries during the incident occurred on Oct 2, 2002 at Ghareebabad. She was reportedly taken to the hospital and her in-laws took her away after few days. Later on, when her father and brother came to know about the incident they informed the concerned police and an FIR was registered after two months of the occurrence.

In the FIR the complainant claimed that her in-laws were trying to force her to lead an immoral life and on her refusal they often tortured her.

The applicant was earlier granted bail by court of a judicial magistrate, but the additional district and sessions judge cancelled her bail.

Advocate Kamran Arif appeared for the complainant and argued that the applicant was directly charged in the FIR and her son had been absconding.

About the delay in registration of the FIR, he argued that the police had not complied with section 174A of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The applicant’s counsel argued that the case did not fall in the prohibitory clause of CrPC as the act was not punishable upto ten years imprisonment.