SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPCRL No.800 of 2025 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. R.P. Singh, Advocate for the petitioners, through video conferencing. 2. Mr. S.C. Dumka, A.G.A. with Ms. S.B. Dobhal, B.H. for the State. 3. By means of this writ petition, petitioners have impugned FIR No.0192 of 2025 dated 18.07.2025, under Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and Sections 115(2), 351(2), 351(3), 352 and 85 of B.N.S. 2023 registered with Police Station Kaliyar Sharif, District Haridwar. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has limited his argument to the extent that the investigation agency should comply with the guidelines given in Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar and another reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273. 5. Since offences under Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and Sections 115(2), 351(2), 351(3), 352 and 85 of B.N.S. 2023 carries a punishment upto seven years, therefore before resorting to any arrest, a prior notice under Section 35(3) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 (under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C.) is necessary to be issued to the petitioners. Hence, it is provided that before taking any coercive measure against the petitioners, the Investigating Officer shall abide by procedure given under Section 35(3) of the B.N.S.S. Act, 2023 (under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C.) 6. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed-off. 7. Pending application, if any, stands disposed-off accordingly. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 08.08.2025 SK