JUDGMENT Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, J. - This petition is filed under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to enlarge the petitioner on bail in the event of his arrest. 2. The petitioner is A-1 in Crime No.99 of 2018 of Women Police Station, Visakhapatnam City. 3. The offences registered against him are under Sections 498-A, 313, 307 IPC and under Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short "D.P. Act"). 4. Briefly stated, it is the case of the prosecution that the petitioner is the husband of the de facto complainant. After their marriage was solemnized, the petitioner along with his family members harassed the de facto complainant with illegal demands for property and money and thereby subjected her to both physical and mental cruelty. He also got the pregnancy of the de facto complainant illegally terminated and he also made an attempt to do away with her life. Therefore, he has committed the aforesaid offences. 5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 6. A perusal of the contents of the F.I.R and other material available in the record prima facie discloses that the de facto complainant, who is the wife of the petitioner, was subjected to both physical and mental cruelty with illegal demands in the hands of the petitioner and his family members. It is also evident from the record that the petitioner got the pregnancy of the de facto complainant illegally terminated. Therefore, the accusation against the petitioner regarding the commission of the aforesaid offences is prima facie well founded from the record. Therefore, having regard to the seriousness of the allegations and the nature of the offences in which the petitioner is involved, this Court is of the considered view that this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed.