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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
NEELA GOKHALE
Indubai Kalu Chavan – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.
1. By this Application, the Applicant seeks her enlargement on bail in connection with FIR No. 242 of 2025 dated 22nd June 2025 registered with the Yeola Taluka Police Station, Nashik Rural for the offences punishable under Sections 80 (2), 108 and 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNS ’).
2. The First Informant is the uncle of the deceased-Sonali. The case of the prosecution, as discerned from the statement of the First Informant, is that the deceased and the Applicant’s son, Amol Kalu Chavan, were married on 26th April 2024 as per Hindu rites and rituals. In 2021, the deceased’s father passed away. It is alleged by the First Informant that Sonali’s parents had given all the necessary utensils, household articles and jewellery, as demanded by the Applicant’s family, at the time of her marriage. After a few days of the marriage, the deceased confided in the First Informant that the Applicant and her son, i.e, the deceased’s husband, had started treating her with cruelty and they were continuously demanding money for purchasing a car and agricultural land from her. She tried to tell them that it is not possible, as her father had exp
The court emphasized the necessity of a proximate link between alleged harassment for dowry and the subsequent death, rejecting bail on grounds of serious accusations under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhit....
The court emphasized the necessity of a proximate nexus between dowry-related harassment and the death of the deceased for invoking Section 304B IPC.
Hints at the grave implications of dowry-related murders and the judicial emphasis on denying bail in such cases.
The presumption of a 'dowry death' under Section 304B IPC should be tested in trial and is meant to act as a deterrent to the demand of dowry.
The court emphasized the victim's right to justice over the accused's right to bail, confirming that evidence presented established prima facie grounds for dowry harassment leading to suicide.
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