Faiyaz Ansari v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail application B.A. No. 816 of 2024, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, rejected by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Subhash Chand on 12th August, 2024 (Order No. 10). Petitioner Faiyaz Ansari (counsel Rahul Ranjan); State of Jharkhand (APP Shweta Singh); Informant (counsel Kehkashan Afsheen). Underlying case: Mohanpur P.S. Case No. 253 of 2023, Sections 304(B), 201 and 34 Indian Penal Code (dowry death, causing disappearance of evidence, common intention), pending before S.D.J.M. Deoghar. FIR: informant's daughter married petitioner, tortured for dowry within six months of marriage, hanged herself on 18.11.2023 in the matrimonial house. Key rulings: ample FIR evidence of dowry demand and harassment; unnatural death in matrimonial house; plea of alibi (deposition statements of victim's mother and brother, petitioner in Durgapur/Asansol, filed with supplementary affidavit) cannot be raised at bail stage, to be decided by trial Court after conclusion of evidence. Keywords: bail rejected, dowry death, 304(B) IPC, alibi, trial court, supplementary affidavit, Durgapur Asansol.