ORDER

This is an application for anticipatory bail.

2. Petitioners are the accused in Crime No.1250 of 2021 of Punnapra Police Station, Alappuzha District, alleging commission of offences under Section 498 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioners is that after the 1st petitioner married the de-facto complainant on 10.09.2005, the petitioners used to physically and mentally harass the de-facto complainant and had also misappropriated gold ornaments of the de-facto complainant. There are certain other allegations that the 1st petitioner treated the de-facto complainant with cruelty etc. There is also an allegation of physical harassment by the 1st petitioner.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the allegations are completely false and have been raised only after the 1st petitioner filed a petition for divorce before the Family Court, Ettumanoor. It is submitted that it was only after receiving notice in the divorce petition that the de-facto complainant had raised complaints of the nature indicated above against the 1st petitioner and his mother, the 2nd petitioner and his sister, the 3rd petitioner. It is submitted