Naresh Kumar Mangla vs Anita Agarwal

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2020 Supreme(SC) 720

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDU MALHOTRA, INDIRA BANERJEE
Naresh Kumar Mangla – Appellant
Versus
Anita Agarwal – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Sanjay Kharde, Adv. Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv. Mr. Satyajeet Kharde, Adv. Ms. Prashi Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Sunil Kumar Verma, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Atul Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nitesh Jain, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Agarwal, AOR Mr. Vimlesh Kumar Shukla, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR

JUDGMENT :

DHANANJAYA Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.

1. Leave granted.

(A) Background

2. Applications for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (“Cr.P.C.”) were filed by four out of five persons who have been named as accused in Case Crime No. 0623 of 2020 registered at Police Station Tajganj, District Agra under Sections 498A, 304-B, 323, 506 and 313 of the Indian Penal Code (“IPC”) and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The husband of the deceased ¹ [A-1] is in custody. The applicants for anticipatory bail are the parents-in-law ² [A-2 and A-3], brother-in-law ³ [A-4] and sister-in-law ⁴ [A-5] of the deceased. A Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad allowed the applications and granted them anticipatory bail. The father of the deceased is in appeal.

3. The marriage between the deceased (Deepti) and Sumit Agarwal took place on 3 November 2014. On 7 August 2020, the appellant lodged a complaint which was registered as a First Information Report (“FIR”) under Section 154 of the Cr.P.C. The FIR, inter-alia, records that Deepti

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2020 Supreme(SC) 720

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDU MALHOTRA, INDIRA BANERJEENaresh Kumar Mangla – AppellantVersusAnita Agarwal – Respondent

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D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDU MALHOTRA, INDIRA BANERJEE
Naresh Kumar Mangla – Appellant
Versus
Anita Agarwal – Respondent