206 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-70185-2025 Date of Decision:- 12.02.2026 RATAN KUMAR ....Petitioner Vs.

STATE OF PUNJAB & ANR ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present:- Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner.

Ms. Manjot Kaur, AAG, Punjab.

None for respondent No.2.

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AMARJOT BHATTI, J.

1. Petitioner Ratan Kumar has filed instant petition under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No.115 dated 05.11.2025 under Sections 316 (2) and 85 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 registered at Police Station Women Cell, Jalandhar.

2. As per facts of the case, complainant Harvir Gill filed written complaint against her husband Ratan Kumar and other members of in-laws family on account of demand of dowry. She stated that her marriage was performed with Ratan Kumar on 03.01.2024. Out of this wedlock, she is having a daughter. Soon after marriage, she was harassed by her husband and members of in-laws family on account of their demand for more dowry in the shape of gold ornaments and other articles as detailed in the FIR. Harassment continued. Her husband started raising demand for