JUDGMENT :

1. Rejoinder affidavit filed today is taken on record.

2. Apprehending their arrest in criminal case no.29542 of 2022 arising out of case crime no.1306 of 2021 under Sections 498-A, 323, 354, 504, 506 IPC and 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Quarsi, District Aligarh, the applicants -Dr. Kartikeya Sharma, Ajaya Kumar Sharma and Smt. Sangeeta Sharma have moved this anticipatory bail application after submission of the charge-sheet before this Court.

3. The two anticipatory bail applications moved by the applicants have been rejected by the Court of Sessions Judge, Aligarh vide order dated 28.2.2023.

4. Heard Sri Surya Bhan Singh, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Ajay Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the complainant/opposite party no.2 and Sri Devesh Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State.

5. It is alleged in the F.I.R. that the informant Dr. Pallavi Sharma was married to applicant no.1 Dr. Kartikeya Sharma on 27.11.2015 and since after the marriage, the informant was being subjected to cruelty and harassment on account of demand of Rs.2 Crore as additional dowry and she was being mentally and physically exploited by her in-laws. Her father-in-law also used c