JUDGMENT :

SURYA KANT, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The challenge laid is to an order dated 28.01.2021 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana whereby anticipatory bail has been granted to Respondent No. 2 (hereafter ‘Respondent-Accused’) who is the mother-in-law of the deceased and is charged under Sections 304B, 302 read with 120B of Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’).

3. The prosecution version in brief is that the appellant (hereafter ‘Complainant’) who is the father of the deceased, lodged an FIR dated 02.10.2017 against 7 accused persons, 4 of whom are members of the in-laws family of the deceased including the Respondent-Accused. The Complainant has alleged that his daughter was married to the son of Respondent-Accused on 28.07.2017. Soon thereafter, the accused family members started to harass and physically torture the deceased on the pretext of dowry demands. His daughter died an unnatural death on 02.10.2017 in suspicious circumstances. There are specific allegations vis-a-vis Respondent-Accused alleging that she exploited the deceased and deprived her of any chance to recuperate from the arduous domestic chores. This was despite the fact that deceased was also working as