Firoz Mondal @ Firoj v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
CRM (DB) 1127 of 2025, decided June 26, 2025 (Suvra Ghosh, J.): bail application under Section 483 BNSS 2023 by Firoj Mondal @ Firoj, husband of a woman who died within one year and eight months of marriage, in Haringhata PS Case No. 236 of 2024 under Ss. 498A/304B/34 IPC and Ss. 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; bail rejected on incriminating material despite custody exceeding one year and an absconding co-accused; trial court directed to consider split trial and expedition.
What did the court decide?
Prayer for bail rejected at this stage: the petitioner, husband of the victim who expired within one year and eight months of marriage in the matrimonial home while residing with him, owes an explanation for the circumstance leading to her death, and there is incriminating material against him. ¶9