Sadawati v. State of U.P.

Court No. - 68

Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 51578 of 2019

Applicant :- Sadawati Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mahendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

Hon'ble Bachchoo Lal,J.

Sri P.S.Kushwaha, learned counsel, has filed vakalatnama on behalf of the complainant, let it be taken on record.

Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the complainant, learned AGA and perused the record.

Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is the mother-in-law of the deceased. There was no dispute of demand of dowry. The applicant has not harassed or tortured the deceased. It has further been submitted that there is general allegation against the applicant, no specific role has been assigned to the applicant. The deceased died due to burn injury. There is no dying declaration of the deceased. The case of the applicant is distinguishable from the case of the husband of the deceased. The applicant has no concern with the alleged incident and has falsely been implicated in the present case. There is no criminal history of the applicant and is in jail since 2.8.2019.

Per contra, learned AGA and learned counsel for the complainant opposed the prayer for bail and argued that the deceased was harassed and tortured due to non fulfilment of demand of dowry. The deceased died an unnatural death due to burn injury within 4 years of her marriage, therefore, applicant is not entitled for bail.