CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

4 21-01-2026 Heard Mr. Rajani Kant Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Mr. Rabindra Kumar, learned counsel for the complainant and Mr. Satyendra Prasad, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Baddi P.S. Case No. 47 of 2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 85, 352, 3(5) of the BNS and Sections 3 /4 of the D.P. Act .

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the marriage of the O.P. No. 2 was solemnized with the petitioner in the year 2021 as per Hindu Rites and Custom and they have been blessed with a child out of the said wedlock, who is aged about 11 months. After some time of marriage, petitioner along with other family members, had started demanding rupees five lakh as dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the same, they had subjected the O.P. no. 2 to various sorts of torture and ousted her from her matrimonial house along with her 11 months old child.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case.