ORAL ORDER

1. The petitioner (accused) has been charge-sheeted for offences punishable under Sections 341, 504, 354(B), 323, and

506 of the IPC and is before this Court seeking relief.

2. The prosecution alleges that on January 18, 2020, at about 9:20 p.m., while the de facto complainant and her son were proceeding toward her house, the accused wrongfully restrained, abused, and threatened her with dire consequences. It is alleged that he stated her husband was a witness in a Lokayukta case, pulled her hair, and, when her son intervened, threatened both of them by saying he would eliminate them by running them over with a car. Furthermore, he allegedly promised that by giving “supari” he would eliminate her husband and also assaulted the son on his face.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that, even if the allegations are accepted at face value, they do not satisfy the essential elements required to constitute the offences charged against the petitioner. He further stated that similar allegations were made by the wife of the accused in a complaint, and based on the statement made by the complainant’s husband, that complaint was closed by an endorsement confirming that