HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. – 68
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. – 39 of 2020
Applicant :- Smt. Ramrani Alias Meera
Opposite Party :- State of U.P.
Counsel for Applicant :- Suresh Dhar Dwivedi
Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon’ble Bachchoo Lal,J.
Sri Dhirendra Kumar Verma, learned counsel filed Vakalatnama on behalf of complainant, is taken on record.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the complainant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is mother-in-law of the deceased. She has falsely been implicated in the present case. The FIR of the alleged incident has been lodged against 9 persons including the applicant making general allegation. No specific role has been assigned to her. There was no dispute of demand of dowry. The applicant has not harassed or tortured to the deceased. At the time of alleged incident the applicant was living separate from the deceased and her husband. In postmortem report the cause of death has been shown asphyxia due to ante mortem hanging. Three injuries have also been found on the body of the deceased with ligature mark. The applicant has not committed the alleged offence. There is no direct evidence against the applicant. The deceased has committed suicide herself as she was not happy with her marriage. It has further been submitted that co-accused Ramratan @ Ramsaran, father-in-law of the deceased has already been released on bail by this court vide order dated 7.12.2019 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 54329 of 2019, therefore, the applicant is also entitled for bail. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 7.8.2019.
Per contra; learned counsel for the complainant as well as learned A.G.A. have opposed the prayer for bail and argued that the deceased died an unnatural death within 3 years of her marriage. She was harassed and tortured by the applicant and other co-accused for non fulfillment of demand of dowry and at the time of alleged incident the applicant was living in the same house, therefore, the applicant is not entitled for bail.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I find it a fit case for bail.
Let the applicant Smt. Ramrani alias Meera involved in Case Crime No. 302 of 2019, under Sectionsection 498A, Section304B IPC and 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Banda, District Shahjahanpur be released on bail on her furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions:
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence.
2. She shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and shall cooperate with the trial.
3. She shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court unless personal appearance is exempted by the court concerned.
In case of breach of any conditions mentioned above, the trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the applicant.
Order Date :- 6.1.2020
Masarrat
