Cr.Misc. M 19514 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Cr.Misc. M 19514 of 2011 Date of decision:23.9.2011 Kuldeep Chand petitioner vs State of Haryana respondent Present:- Mr. Robin Dutt, Advocate. Ms. Shalini Attri, DAG, Hry Mr. JS Bedi, Advocate. M.M.S.BEDI, J. This order will dispose of two connected petitions filed by Kuldeep Chand (Cr.Misc. M 19514 of 2011) and Sita Bai (Cr.Misc. M 21004 of 2011) in a case filed by Sunita Devi daughter-in-law of Sita Bai and wife of Kuldeep Chand alleging that the petitioners have maltreated her on account of demand of dowry. Learned counsel for the petitioners has contended that the petitioners have joined the investigation and that there are no specific allegations warranting framing of charges u/s 406 IPC as it is not the case of the complainant that the dowry articles have been illegally retained and have not been returned despite demand. I have heard counsel for the parties and gone through the record. Counsel for the complainant has vehemently contended that recovery of other house hold articles has been effected but the jewellery articles, which are lying in the locker of the petitioner Kuldeep Chand, are yet to be recovered. The petitioner Kuldeep Chand appears to have admitted about the articles being lying in the locker but till date no recovery Cr.Misc. M 19514 of 2011 2 could be effected for want of detailed particulars of the locker. So far as petitioner Sita Bai is concerned, she is the mother-in-law of the complainant. She has already joined the investigation. Taking into consideration the fact that Sita Bai is a lady, she can be granted the concession of pre-arrest bail bail. Accordingly, the petition of Sita Bai (Cr.Misc. M 21004 of 2011) is allowed and it is ordered that in case of arrest of the petitioner, she will be released on bail to the satisfaction of the arresting officer subject to the condition that she will join the investigation as and when required by the police and will not tamper with evidence or hamper the investigation. So far as petitioner Kuldeep Chand is concerned, he being the husband having treated the complainant with cruelty besides retaining the jewellery articles, no extra ordinary exceptional circumstances exist for the grant of pre-arrest bail to him. The petition of Kuldeep Chand (Cr.Misc. M 19514 of 2011) is dismissed. September 23 , 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI ) TSM JUDGE