JUDGMENT Mr. M.M.S. Bedi, J.: - Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case registered at the instance of his wife Shruti Marwaha alleging that she was married to petitioner on April 15, 2012. Sufficient dowry articles including ornaments, expensive clothes and cash were given during marriage There are allegations of harassment and torture on account of demand of dowry. The petitioner got himself posted in HDFC Bank, Amritsar but left the complainant at Ambala. She was beaten up by the petitioner and her in laws. There is allegation of demand of Rs.9 lacs for purchasing a flat. The complainant had to be hospitalized on account of injuries received by her. Due to assault, the complainant was repeatedly threatened. Original certificates have also been with-held by the petitioner and his family members. 2. Counsel for the petitioner has vehemently contended that the petitioner has been falsely involved in the case. The allegations had been levelled against the complainant that this is second marriage and that against her ex-husband she had filed a criminal case in the year 2010 and on receipt of Rs.8.50 lacs, she had got the marriage dissolved under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act. It is claimed that being second marriage, it was a simple marriage. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the complainant and gone through the record. It is an admitted fact that petitioner has already filed an application against the complainant for seeking divorce. Merely because the complainant had been compelled to seek divorce from her first husband by mutual consent on receipt of some amount, is not sufficient enough to brand the complainant as a liar to presume that allegations levelled by her are false. The complainant has specifically alleged in the FIR that she was compelled to stay at Ambala after her delivery. Specific allegations of assault are there in the FIR. The recoveries of the dowry articles also seem to have not been effected. Even otherwise, on account of serious allegations of physical and mental torture, it is not a case of extraordinary nature to grant the concession of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. Mere joining of investigation will not ipso facto confer a right upon the petitioner to grant him the concession of pre-arrest bail. 4. Petition is dismissed. Interim order earlier passed is hereby vacated. ---------0.B.S.0------------ —————————