In a bail application under Section 439 CrPC, the High Court rejected the plea for enlargement of Harish Chand, alleging dowry death. The court noted the unnatural death of his wife with severe injuries and hematoma, finding no plausible explanation, and denied bail despite co-accused being released.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:222865
Court No. - 69
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 52337 of 2022
Applicant :- Harish Chand Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Amit Misra Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Samit Gopal,J.
the prayer for bail and argued that the applicant is the husband of the deceased. The deceased died in her matrimonial house after one year and four months of marriage, the death is unnatural and even there is no plausible explanation given by the applicant for the death of his wife, as such bail application be rejected. The cause of death has been opined as neurogenic shock as a result of ante-mortem injuries. The deceased was found to have received eleven injuries on her person.
(Samit Gopal, J.)
Order Date :- 23.11.2023 Gaurav Kuls
Digitally signed by :- GAURAV KULSHRESTHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the applicant is fit for bail release during trial in a dowry death case involving unnatural death.
Whether the identical bail grants to co-accused justify the release of the applicant who remains in custody.
Whether the lack of plausible explanation for the deceased's death precludes bail.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Harish Chand
Samit Gopal
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