Rizwan v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
In this bail application, the High Court rejected the plea for bail under sections 498A and 304B IPC. The court directed the trial court to expedite the proceedings within six months to ensure timely justice.
What did the court decide?
Bail application rejected; trial to be concluded within six months.
What the court decided
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Court No. - 71 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 28369 of 2020 Applicant :- Rizwan Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Vikrant Gupta,Zafar Abbas Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Krishna Mohan Tripathi
Hon'ble Deepak Verma,J.
List revised.
Learned counsel for the applicant and learned AGA are present but learned counsel for the opposite party is not present.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA on behalf of the State and perused the record.
This bail application has been moved by the applicant, Rizwan seeking bail in Case Crime No.0071 of 2019, under Sections 498A, 304B I.P.C. & Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Bhot, District Rampur, till conclusion of trial.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is husband and victim has consumed some poisonous substance, on that account, she died. Trial is going on and fact witnesses have become hostile. Statement of the fact witnesses are annexed with the supplementary affidavit. He next argued that applicant is languishing in jail since 15.03.2019.
Per contra, learned AGA opposed the bail prayer of the applicant and submits that it is true that the applicant has become hostile but burden lies upon the applicant-husband.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the applicant merits bail in a case involving sections 498A and 304B IPC regarding dowry death.
Whether the trial court must expedite the trial within six months.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
Rizwan
Coram
Deepak Verma
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Allahabad HC
- Decided on
- · December
- Registered
- Case no.
- BAIL/28369/2020
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