Cr.Misc. M 28669 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYNA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.Misc. M 28669 of 2011 Date of decision:-25.11.2011 Jai Singh and another Petitioner vs. State of Haryana Respondent Present: Mr. SK Sharma, Advocate. Ms.Sushma Chopra, Addl.A.G.Hry Mr. Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocate. M.M.S.BEDI,J. The petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of Veena complainant, who claims that she had been maltreated and her dowry articles have been misappropriated by her husband and the petitioners. Counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners have been residing separately in the same locality and that the son of the petitioners has filed a divorce petition against the complainant. State counsel, on the instructions of ASI Naresh Kumar, informs that almost all the dowry articles have already been recovered after the arrest of son of the petitioners Vipin. Counsel for the complainant has intervened to oppose the petition for pre-arrest bail along with a list of certain dowry articles, which are yet to be recovered. I have gone through the said list, in which list two gold rings, one gold chain, one nose pin of gold, one pair of ear rings, are the gold jewellery articles, which are claimed to be still with the petitioners. Counsel for the complainant has also submitted that the original certificates from Cr.Misc. M 28669 of 2011 2 matriculation till B.A. are with the petitioners or their son. Without entering into the controversy whether the articles, mentioned in the list supplied by the counsel for the complainant in the court today, were given as gift items to the petitioners or these were dowry articles, it is deemed appropriate, in the interest of justice, to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners subject to payment of tentative price of the articles, which are claimed by the complainant as having not been returned/ recovered. Accordingly, the petition is allowed and interim order dated 20.9.2011 is hereby confirmed and it is ordered that in case of arrest of the petitioners, they will be released on bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer subject to the condition that the petitioners will join the investigation as and when required by the police and will not tamper with evidence or hamper the investigation. The petitioners will hand over a bank draft, in the name of the complainant for a sum of Rs.75,000/-, to the investigating officer within a period of two months, which will be handed over by the investigating officer to the complainant in lieu of the gold articles, which are allegedly retained by the petitioners. The petitioners will return the documents, belonging to the complainant within a period of one month. The above said amount will not prejudice the rights of the petitioners or the complainant in any manner and will be subject to final settlement arrived at between the parties. November 25 ,2011 ( M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE