Court denies bail to husband, father-in-law in dowry death case

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 17: CJM Jammu Ashwani Sharma has rejected the bail application of Himank Dhar, husband and Preduman Krishan Dhar, father-in-law of Shailly Dhar, who are allegedly involved in dowry death case.
After hearing Senior PO Rohit Gupta for the State, the court observed, “evidence has come before the court regarding the factum of cruelty to the deceased coupled with demand of dowry at the instance of the accused persons”.
“Under Section 114-C of the Evidence Act presumption of abetment of suicide by a married women can be drawn if the suicide has been committed within a period of seven years from the date of her marriage and that her husband or such relative of her husband had subjected her to cruelty, having regard to all the other circumstances of the case that such suicide had been abetted by her husband or by such relative of her husband”, the court said.
“In the present case the suicide has been committed only within the period of 04 months from the date of the marriage. So, the presumption can be drawn that the same has been committed at the abetment of the accused persons. Prima facie there is a sufficient evidence for commission of the offence against the accused persons at this stage”, the court further said, adding “if the accused are enlarged on bail, the interest of the general public and particularly of the victim family shall be shaken besides the conscience of the court”.
“Even, if the embargo contained under Section 497 CrPC is not attracted, the accused does not deserves the latitude of bail at this stage”, the court said while rejecting the bail application.

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