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Learned Senior Counsel for the Respondent Accused may be right in contending that the Appellant Complainant has widened the net and included even other than the family members of the in laws of the deceased. According to him, the entire version of the Appellant Complainant should be seen with suspicious eyes as he being a retired District Attorney, has a legally trained mind. We do not deem it necessary to comment upon this contention at this stage. Suffice to mention that the needle of suspicion revolves around only against the Respondent Accused and her family members while at this stage the others have been found innocent by the investigating agency. In light of the above discussion and without expressing any views on merit, we set aside the impugned order of the High Court dated 28.01.2021 and direct the Respondent Accused to surrender before the Trial Court within a period of one week. We make it clear that the observations made herein above are limited for the purposes of present proceedings and would not be construed as any opinion on the merits of the case. We also clarify that after the surrender, the Respondent Accused will be free to seek regular bail before the concerned Trial Court and any such prayer shall be decided as per law, without being influenced by this order. The appeals are disposed of in the above terms. These facts put her on a starkly different pedestal than the co accused with whom she seeks parity. We are, thus, of the considered view that the High Court has wrongly accorded the benefit of parity in favour of the Respondent Accused. It has to be borne in mind that the deceased met with a tragic end within three months of her marriage. While it is too early to term it an offence under Sections 302 or 304 B I.P.C. but the fact remains that a young life came to an abrupt end before realizing any of her dreams which were grimly shattered. She died an unnatural death in her matrimonial home. The Respondent Accused is the mother in law of the deceased.