Judgment

Mr. Sumeet Goel, J.

Present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.07 dated 24.01.2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 (added later on) of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for brevity ‘the IPC’) at Police Station Block Majri, District SAS Nagar (Mohali).

2. The FIR in question reads as follows:-

“Copy of Complaint No. 9408/S/SSP Dated 06.12.2021. To the SSP, District SAS Nagar, Complaint against Dilpreet Singh (Husband), (Mob. No. 78144-22397), Parminder Singh (Father in Law), Harpreet Kaur (Mother in Law), Jaskarnpreet Rai (Brother in Law) resident of 248, Ward No.9, Rajindra Colony, Khamanon, Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib regarding harassment and beating for dowry. It is requested that I, Harpreet Kaur wife of Dilpreet Singh d/o Balvir Singh is the resident of Village Manakpur Sharif, Tehsil Kharar, Distt. Mohali and requests as follow:

1. That I have given a complaint on 07.09.2020 vide Diary No. 2219 against your office. The investigation is marked to police post Majri and presently is pending.

2. That when I have given the above mentioned complaint then I was