AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH
Rajeev Kumar Verma @ Rajeev Kumar Verma – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The matter has been heard via video conferencing.
2. Heard Mr. Yogesh Chandra Verma, learned senior counsel along with Mr. Virendra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, learned Additional Public Prosecutor (hereinafter referred to as the ‘APP’) for the State and Mr. Krishna Kant Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2-informant.
3. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Motihari Mahila PS Case No. 36 of 2019 dated 29.06.2019, instituted under Sections 341, 342, 323, 354, 354-A, 406, 328, 498-A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Dowry Act’).
4. The allegation against the petitioner and others is that in the marriage of the informant with him on 01.05.2015, cash of rupees five lakhs, fridge and gadget worth rupees two lakh and also ornaments of gold and silver worth rupees five lakhs as also clothes worth rupees one lakh was given by the family of the informant, but when she went to the matrimonial home then she was tortured and that there was demand of a four-wheeler and on the informant’s father not being able to meet the demand, the accused had starte
The Court emphasized the importance of substantiated claims and evidence in cases involving dowry harassment and misuse of medication, and relied on expert reports to assess the mental condition of t....
The court's decision was influenced by the finding that the allegations made in the FIR were not untrue or unbelievable based on the conduct of the petitioner.
Anticipatory bail can be granted where allegations are general and the accused has no prior criminal background, favoring reconciliation.
Anticipatory bail granted based on assertions of false implication and absence of criminal antecedents.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's discretion to grant anticipatory bail based on the lack of necessity for the Applicant's custodial interrogation, the presence of const....
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