JUDGMENT :

ANU MALHOTRA, J.

1. The applicant vide the present application has sought the grant of regular bail in relation to the FIR No.42/2020, PS Sonia Vihar, under Sections 304B/498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which FIR is indicated to have been registered on 29.02.2020. The applicant is the spouse of the deceased and was married to her on 30.10.2019 at the Rosary Church Kingsway Camp, Delhi according to the Christian rites and ceremonies. The applicant contends that it was a simple marriage performed without any demand of dowry and that there was no dowry demand made by the applicant’s side neither before the marriage nor after the marriage.

2. The applicant further submits that there was only a moderate gathering in the marriage. The applicant further submits that his spouse Maclina was suffering from a mental disorder namely somniloquy i.e. sleep talking disorder and she often used to scream during her sleep. The applicant further submits that the family of the deceased had not disclosed of this mental disease of the deceased to the applicant’s family before the marriage of the applicant to Maclina (since deceased)

3. According to the applicant, because of the mental ill