Writ petition filed for release of wife on grounds of confinement due to dowry demand. Examination revealed she returned voluntarily after seven days and does not intend to cohabit with husband. Petition dismissed by the Court.
Petition dismissed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION No. 815 OF 2008
Ranjit Vishal Zankar Petitioner
Vs.
Jagannath Bhutha Pates & Ors. Respondent
Mr. R. N. Gite, for the petitioner.
Mrs. S. D. Shinde, APP, for the respondent-State.
CORAM : BILAL NAZKI, & A. A. KUMBHKONI, JJ.
DATE : JULY 21, 2008.
PC :-
Pratiksha Ranjit Zankar, on the ground that she was
married to the petitioner and her parents had kept her in
confinement against her will.
| Pratiksha | Ranjit Zanka |
r, | who | appeared | in |
this Court on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | July, 2008 and |
she | was |
examin | ed | by us in the |
| Chamber, | where she sta |
ted | that | she | ma | rried the petitioner |
| out | of her free |
will, | but | within | seven | days of her |
| marriage, | the parents |
of t |
he pet |
itioner | demanded her |
|
| dowry | of Rs.25 lakhs, |
the | refore, | she | decide | d to go back |
| and | leave with her |
par | ents. | She | was | living with her |
| parents | voluntarily, out |
of | her | free | will | and she is not |
intending to go with her husband. In this view of the
matter, the petition is dismissed.
Sd/[ BILAL NAZKI, J.]
Sd/[ A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J.]
2 issues framed by the court
Whether to grant relief for release of a wife detained by her in-laws citing dowry demand.
Whether the wife's intent to return to her parents after marriage undermines the premise of wrongful confinement.
Ranjit Vishal Zankar
Jagannath Bhutha Pates & Ors.
Bilal Nazki
A. A. Kumbhkoni
As recorded by the court registry
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