Ghanshyam Yadav v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Sameer Jain, J. (order dated 18.10.2023; neutral citation 2023:AHC:201900) rejects bail of husband-applicant Ghanshyam Yadav in Case Crime No. 254 of 2023, Sections 498-A/304-B IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Chiluatal, District Gorakhpur; wife died within one and a half years of marriage (performed 29.11.2021) under abnormal circumstances in matrimonial home; alleged dowry demand of Swift Dezire car, Rs. 2 lacs arranged January 2022; defence of suicide due to failure to conceive (ante-mortem hanging, hyoid intact) rejected for want of medical evidence; applicant in custody since 31.5.2023; observations confined to bail disposal.
What did the court decide?
The applicant-husband is not entitled to be released on bail: his wife died within one and a half years of marriage under abnormal circumstances in the matrimonial home, and his defence that she committed suicide due to depression over failure to conceive is improbable, there being no medical report showing she was treated by any doctor for failure to conceive; accordingly the bail application is rejected.