High Court in criminal miscellaneous bail application rejected the second bail plea of an applicant accused under dowry-related sections and homicide provisions, despite his six-year custody, but directed trial conclusion within eight months.
Bail application rejected; trial directed to be concluded within eight months.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:150639
Court No. - 70
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15679 of 2019
Applicant :- Sanjay Seth Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sudhir Mehrotra,Anand Prakash Pandey,Sanjay Kumar Singh,Satya Prakash Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Harihar Prasad Tripathi,Satya Priya Mishra
Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J.
within seven years of her marriage and there is also allegation of demand of dowry and post-mortem report of the deceased suggests that it is a case of homicidal death, therefore, applicant should not be released on bail.
Order Date :- 27.7.2023 KK Patel
Digitally signed by :- KRISHN KANT PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the applicant should be released on bail considering he is in custody for over six years and the trial is delayed.
Whether the long custody period justifies bail despite the nature of the offense involving dowry and death by throttling.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Sanjay Seth
State of U.P.
Sameer Jain
As recorded by the court registry
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