JUDGMENT

Manjari Nehru Kaul, J. (Oral) - This is the second petition filed under Section 439 of the Cr.P.C. for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.114 dated 14.08.2020 lodged under Sections 304-B and 34 IPC registered at Police Station Mukerian, District Hoshiarpur.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that on the face of it, a false case has been planted upon him which is evident from the fact that in a compromise (Annexure P-1) which was purportedly effected between the parties just a few days prior to the occurrence in question it was only mentioned by none other than the deceased, that after her marriage with her husband co-accused Vipan Kumar, her parents-in-law including the petitioner would quarrel with her on minor issues and there was not even an iota of whisper qua any mental or physical cruelty much less for dowry demands. Hence, the essential ingredients to attract the mischief of Section 304-B IPC were clearly amiss in the case in hand. He further submits that it is only after the daughter-in-law of the petitioner i.e. the deceased, committed suicide, exaggerated allegations were levelled in the FIR in question regarding dowry dem