ORDER

This is an application seeking pre-arrest bail filed under Section

438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , 1973.

2. Petitioners are accused Nos. 1 to 3 in Crime No.1302 of 2025 of Vaikom Police Station, Kottayam alleging offence under Section 85 r/w.

Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case is that the petitioners, who are the husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively of the de facto complainant, harassed her physically and mentally pursuant to their demand for dowry and thus they committed the offence.

4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are absolutely innocent in the matter and that they are falsely implicated in a crime for justifying a matrimonial dispute.

5. I have heard the learned Public Prosecutor also.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the nature of the allegations, I am of t