JUDGMENT

SANJEEV NARULA, J.:

1. The Applicant, through the present application, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, (“BNSS”) (formerly Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (“Cr.P.C.”)), seeks regular bail in FIR No. 166/2024 under Sections 498A, 304B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, (“IPC”), registered at P.S. Geeta Colony.

Factual Background

2. Brief facts, as set out by the prosecution, is as follows:

2.1. On 19th March, 2024, a PCR call, recorded vide DD No. 08A, reported the suspected suicide of a woman named Shivani Singh. The assigned ASI immediately reached Makkar Multi-Specialty Hospital, located in Priyadarshini Vihar, Delhi, where he obtained MLC No. 580/23-24, which recorded that Shivani Singh, aged 32, had been brought dead to the emergency department.

2.2. Upon inspection of the matrimonial home, where the incident allegedly occurred, it was found that the deceased had died by hanging herself during the late hours of 18th March, 2024. A ligature and a vegetable cutting knife were recovered from the scene and seized.

2.3. Investigation revealed that the deceased married the Applicant on 8th November, 2019. Since the death occurred wi