CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

4 21-01-2026 Heard learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends her arrest in connection with Nyaram Nagar P.S. Case No. 133 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80 (2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The marriage of the sister of the informant was solemnized with the son of the petitioner in the year 2019. For few years the deceased was kept properly in her matrimonial home and she also blessed with a son, but later on, the husband of the deceased started demanding dowry and on account of non-fulfillment of the same, she was tortured in various ways. It is alleged that the entire atrocities meted out to the deceased were also supported by the petitioner, who happens to be mother-in-law of the deceased.

4. Learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that it is surprising that the FIR has been instituted after post-mortem and the cremation of the deceased, although the informant and his family were acquainted with the factum of demand of dowry and torture meted out to he