CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

3 27-01-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Despite valid service of notice, nobody appears on behalf of the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2.

3. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a complaint case registered for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act .

4. The prosecution case, in nutshell, is that marriage of the complainant was solemnized with this petitioner as per Muslim rites and rituals on 16.10.2014. It is alleged that after marriage, all the accused persons named in the complaint petition, including this petitioner, subjected the complainant to torture and harassment due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and subsequently, ousted her from her matrimonial house.

5. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely because happens to be husband of the complainant and present case has been lodged due to petty family dispute. There are general and omnibus all