JUDGMENT :

S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. On the previous date of hearing, i.e., on 26.07.2023, this Court heard the counsel for the parties to the Special Leave Petition. But having regard to the peculiar nature of the impugned order, kept this matter back for orders to be pronounced today.

2. Special leave granted. The appellant is aggrieved by the denial of anticipatory bail and a further direction to surrender before the Court and seek regular bail.

3. The necessary facts are that the appellant and the second respondent (hereafter referred to as “husband and wife”, respectively) were married on 5.11.2020. The appellant alleges that the respondent-wife was not happy and her father used to interfere and pressurize him and his family. This led to complaints lodged against the wife’s family for threatening the appellant’s family. It is alleged that on 02.04.2022, without complying with the directions of Five Judge Bench in Lalita Kumari vs. Govt. of UP & Ors., [2013] 14 SCR 713 the concerned Police Station, Gumla Mahila P.S. in Case No. 07/2022, registered the First Information Report (FIR) against the appellant and his brother and others, complaining of commission of offences under Section 4