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Another submission made by counsel is that the husband is ready to rehabilitate the complainant along with their child in a separate accommodation but the complainant is not agreeable. There are no specific allegations with regard to entrustment of articles of Istridhan but the petitioners are ready to compensate the complainant on payment of reasonable amount towards her alleged claim of Istridhan though the petitioners are not in possession of any of the articles of Istridhan.

Counsel for the State of Punjab would submit that as per the list of articles of Istridhan, parents of the complainant gave gold jewellery weighing 251 gms. and during investigation only 21 gms. has been recovered and the remaining recovery is yet to be effected.

Counsel for the complainant would urge that husband of the complainant never bothered about her welfare and she was virtually 2 of 4 CRM-M Nos.15800 and 16295 of 2016 abandoned and left at the mercy of others. It is vehemently argued that custodial interrogation of the petitioners is required for effecting recovery of remaining Istridhan.

I have heard counsel for the parties, perused the paperbook and the police records.

As per the allegations raised in the FIR, parental family of the complainant spent about Rs.10,00,000/- at the time of marriage including expenses for entertaining the barat, etc. There is no specific allegation in the FIR with regard to entrustment of articles of Istridhan. Similarly, there is no specific allegation with regard to harassment in connection with demand of dowry though it has been alleged that she was given beatings.