The Supreme Court docket has granted interim six-week bail to a person accused of dowry calls for and inflicting his spouse’s loss of life to permit him to handle his three-year-old sick daughter. The courtroom famous the person’s father-in-law additionally wished the accused out for the sake of the kid.
“Contemplating the truth that the three-year-old daughter of the petitioner is affected by Acute Bacillary Dysentery–C, anaemia and he or she wants optimum care and supervision, we deem it match at this stage to launch the petitioner on …interim bail for a interval of six weeks,” mentioned a bench of justices Indira Banerjee and MR Shah on Tuesday.
The person’s spouse was in August final yr discovered hanging of their home in Agra. Her household claimed she was murdered for dowry. The person’s household maintained the girl died by suicide after two miscarriages. The couple had adopted the woman.
The daddy-in-law filed a dowry loss of life and harassment case towards the person. The Agra police concluded the girl died by suicide after being allegedly tortured for dowry.
The husband was arrested on August 7 final yr whereas the Allahabad excessive courtroom granted anticipatory bail to his dad and mom, sister, and brother. His father-in-law challenged the bail within the Supreme Court docket.
In December final yr, the Supreme Court docket mentioned the suicide notice of the girl was leaked to the media inside two days of her loss of life and that it compromised with the equity of the investigation. It cancelled the pre-arrest bail given to her in-laws and handed over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation. “…the conduct of the investigation to this point diminishes this Court docket’s religion in directing an additional investigation by the identical authorities (Agra police),” it mentioned.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for the accused, requested for an interim bail to make sure the well-being of his daughter. Rohatgi mentioned the person was in jail since August and this incarceration has taken a toll on his daughter.
The bench requested why he ought to be set free when the grandparents might handle the kid. Rohatgi responded that he has checked with Sanjay Kharde, the lawyer for the kid’s grandfather, and that the latter supported the plea for bail for the sake of the kid.
Kharde echoed Rohatgi. “She has at all times stayed along with her father and mom after her adoption. She doesn’t eat correctly, nor does she sleep effectively. The kid has a depressive mind-set. She retains asking about her father and mom. We’re supporting this plea solely within the curiosity of the kid,” mentioned Kharde.