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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KAINTHLA
Banti Devi – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rakesh Kainthla, J.
The petitioners have filed the present petition for seeking regular bail. It has been asserted that the petitioners were arrested for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 504, 506, and 306 read with Section 34 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE (IPC), registered at Police Station Arki, District Solan, H.P. The petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated. The petitioners would abide by all the terms and conditions, which the Court may impose. Hence, the petitions.
2. The petitions are opposed by filing separate status reports asserting that the father of the deceased made a complaint that deceased Pooja was being harassed by her husband and his relatives. She was not being provided with any maintenance. Her father-in-law Amar Chand, mother-in-law Banti Devi, brother-in-law Jagdish, and his wife Jai Dei used to harass her. They had turned her out of her matrimonial home. Her father-in-law had beaten the deceased three to four times. She was left in her paternal home on 29.02.2024 by her husband. He assured the deceased to take her after four to five days, but when she called her husband, he told her that he would not take her wit
The court granted bail to the petitioners, emphasizing the lack of specific allegations against them and the application of special provisions favoring women in bail considerations.
The presumption of innocence, the right to liberty, and the need to secure the presence of the accused for trial were central legal principles established in the judgment.
Bail may be granted to women accused of serious offences under special provisions, considering individual circumstances and the nature of allegations.
Bail should not always be denied in cases of death or life imprisonment, and the conduct of the accused and completion of investigation should be considered before granting bail.
Pushing a person causing fall and death from head injury does not prima facie constitute offence under Section 103(1) without attributable knowledge of likely death; bail granted as added sections ba....
The court established that the welfare of women and the right to a speedy trial are critical factors in bail considerations, especially in cases involving serious allegations.
The court emphasized that bail should not be denied without substantial evidence of interference with justice, allowing conditions to safeguard the process.
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