Superior court interferes with bail grant only if order arbitrary, perverse or ignores material like offence gravity; distinct from cancellation for supervening circumstances.

The petitioner(s) has filed the present petitions for cancellation of bail granted to the respondents/accused in FIR No. 38 of 2025, dated 07.05.2025, registered at Police Station Mehatpur, District Una, for the commission of offences punishable under Section 108 read with Section 3 (5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

2. It has been asserted that the petitioner/informant made a complaint to the police that the marriage of his daughter, Ms Pooja, was solemnised in the year 2016 with the accused Manjeet Singh. A daughter was born to her. Manjeet Singh started harassing Pooja soon after the marriage. She made complaints to the informant. Raj Kumari, mother-in-law of Pooja, also used to harass her. Pooja called the informant over Mobile Phone on 05.06.2025 and told him not to visit her matrimonial home because his life was in danger. She promised to mention the details in the morning. The informant received a call from Manjeet Singh on 06.05.2025 at 12:00-12:30 pm that Pooja had consumed poison. The informant went to the regional hospital, Una, where Pooja was lying conscious. Manjeet Singh was also present in the Hospital but he was intoxicated. Pooja was referred to PGI. She was taken to Gurdev Hospital, Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar (Punjab), where she died. Postmortem of the dead body was conducted, and the cause of death was found to be the consumption of the insecticides. The police arrested the respondents. They filed bail petitions, which were allowed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Una, District Una (learned Trial Court). The police recovered a suicide note in which Pooja had attributed the cause of her death to her harassment. The offence is grave, and the learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Una, erred in releasing the respondents on bail. The respondents threatened the informant after getting bail from the Court. Hence, it was prayed that the present petitions be allowed and the bail of the respondents be cancelled.

3. The State has filed a status report asserting that the police received information on 07.05.2025 from Gurdev Hospital, Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar (Punjab) that Pooja Devi had died. The police went to the hospital and obtained the treatment summary. The informant made a complaint to the police that Pooja was married to Manjeet Singh in the year 2016, as per Hindu rites and customs. A daughter was born to her. Manjeet Singh and Raj Kumari used to harass Pooja. Pooja called the informant on 05.06.2025 and advised him not to visit her matrimonial home, as his life was in danger. She asked the informant to visit in the morning with some people, as she was being harassed. Manjeet Singh called the informant at about 12:30 pm and told him that Pooja had consumed insecticide. The informant went to the hospital and found that Pooja was under treatment. Manjeet Singh was also present in the hospital, but he was intoxicated. Pooja was referred to a higher institution, and she was taken to Gurdev Hospital, Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar (Punjab). Pooja died during the treatment. The police registered the FIR and investigated the matter. The police recovered the bottle of insecticide from Pooja's house. The police arrested the respondents. One suicide note was found to have been written by Pooja, stating that Manjeet Singh used to remain intoxicated. He used to abuse Pooja. Her mother-in-law also used to taunt and blame her for every wrong. The police seized the suicid