In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-35725 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:11.5.2010 Om Pal .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana and another .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Navneet Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vikas Malik, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent-State. ...... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him for the offences under Sections 498-A, 323 and 34 Indian Penal Code. The FIR has been registered on the complaint made by Janesh and Jyoti against their in-laws. It is alleged by the complainant-Janesh wife of Narender and Jyoti wife of Om Pal (petitioner) that they are two real sisters and were married to Narender and Om Pal respectively on 4.5.2002 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. About Rs.4 Lacs were spent in the marriage. The accused did not say anything till about 1½ years of the marriage but as the prices of land had increased, therefore, both the sisters were harassed by the accused and asked to bring a car from their parents. The complaint relates to allegations of harassment for demand for dowry. The petitioner is husband of Jyoti-one of the complainants-sisters. The FIR in the case has been registered on 1.9.2009 i.e. after Cr. Misc. No.M-35725 of 2009 [2] more than seven years of the marriage which was solemnized on 4.5.2002. Earlier also complaint dated 12.1.2009 (Annexure-P.3) was forwarded to the Women Cell and on investigation it was found that there was dispute between the husband and the wife. Learned counsel for the State, on instructions from ASI Des Raj, Police Station Sohna, District Gurgaon, has submitted that the petitioner has joined the investigation in the case and his custody is not required for the purposes of investigation. In the circumstances, the interim bail granted on 21.12.2009 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. May 11, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*