CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

6 18-12-2025 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Complaint Case No. 1211 C of 2013, disclosing offences under Sections 3 23 , 494, 504, 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act .

3. As per the allegation made in the complaint, the marriage of the complainant was solemnized with the petitioner of Cr. Misc. No. 54851 of 2025. On 25.05.2019, it has been alleged that after six months of the marriage, the petitioners and other family members started demanding dowry by way of cash and jewellery. Ultimately, the complainant was ousted from her matrimonial home.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Petitioner of Cr. Misc. No. 28873 of 2025 is brother-in-law of the complainant and petitioner Anil Kumar alias Anil Kumar Mandal is the husband of the complainant. The allegation of demand of dowry against the petitioners is general and omnibus in nature and the entire family members were made accused in the complaint, however, cognizance has been taken a