Crl. Misc No. M-8989 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc No. M-8989 of 2009 Date of decision : 01.04.2009 Punit Sudan ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab ....Respondent. BEFORE : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJAN GUPTA J. (ORAL) This is a petition for pre-arrest bail on behalf of Punit Sudan, who is husband of daughter of the complainant in case FIR No. 24 dated 06.02.2009 registered at police station Khanna. The allegations levelled are under Sections 406, 498-A, 506 IPC. Counsel for the petitioner has argued that a totally false case has been registered against the petitioner. The marriage between the petitioner (Punit Sudan) and daughter of the complainant was a love marriage and thus there was no question of demand of dowry. According to the counsel, the whole dispute has arisen because the petitioner was unemployed and short tampered. I have heard counsel for the petitioner. From the perusal of the FIR, it is clear that there are serious allegations against the petitioner. There is allegation of demand of dowry of Rs. 20 lacs from the complainants family. When the said demand could not be fulfilled daughter of the complainant was subjected to cruel treatment Crl. Misc No. M-8989 of 2009 2 including beating by the accused. She was finally turned out of the matrimonial home on 02.06.2008. Under these circumstances, I find no force in the contention of the counsel that there was no question of any dowry demand as the marriage in question was a love marriage. It is not possible for this Court to reach such a conclusion at this stage. While considering the bail application of the petitioner and his mother, the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana allowed the anticipatory bail to the mother of petitioner namely Rekha Sudan but declined the same to the petitioner, there being specific allegations against him of cruelty towards his wife and also dowry demands. Under these circumstances, I find no ground for granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The petition is hereby dismissed. 01.04.2009 (RAJAN GUPTA) Ajay JUDGE