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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous 3rd Bail Application No. 8474/2025

Ranveer S/o Prem Kumar, Aged About 24 Years, Chak 3 MW

Haripura Police Station Hanumangarh Town Tehsil And District

Hanumangarh (Lodged In Dist. Jail Hanumangarh)

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through PP

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Vipin Makkad

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Hanuman Prajapati, PP

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

30/01/2026

1. This third application for bail under Section 483 BNSS has

been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection

with F.I.R. No.451/2024 registered at Police Station Pilibanga,

District Hanumangarh, for the offences under Section 80(2) IPC.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

petitioner is the husband of the deceased, Suman, who committed

suicide by consuming poisonous substance within two years of her

marriage. It was contended that the allegations against the

petitioner are that he subjected the deceased to mental and

physical cruelty on account of demand of dowry. Learned counsel

submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the

present case.

3. Learned counsel further submitted that although the

complainant, Smt. Gogadevi, in her statement recorded before the

competent Criminal Court as PW-1, stated that she was informed

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by her daughter that she was being subjected to cruelty on

account of demand of dowry, however, during her cross-

examination, she admitted that no demand of dowry was made by

the petitioner or his family members at the time of marriage. It

was further submitted that the statements of the father of the

deceased, namely, Kishanlal (PW-2), and the cousin of the

deceased, namely, Mangilal (PW-3), have also been recorded

before the competent Criminal Court and both the said witnesses

have not supported the prosecution case and have turned hostile.

4. Lastly, learned counsel submitted that the petitioner is in

judicial custody; the statements of material prosecution witnesses

have already been recorded before the competent Criminal Court

and the trial is likely to take a considerable time. On these

grounds, he prayed that the petitioner be enlarged on bail.

5. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed

the bail application and submitted that the complainant, Smt.

Gogadevi (PW-1), in her Court statement, had clearly stated that

her daughter was subjected to mental and physical cruelty by the

petitioner owing to demand of dowry. However, learned Public

Prosecutor was not in a position to dispute that the father of the

deceased, Kishanlal (PW-2), and the cousin of the deceased,

Mangilal (PW-3), during their Court statements, have not

supported the prosecution case and have turned hostile.

6. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public

Prosecutor, and perused the material available on record.

7. Having considered the rival submissions and the facts and

circumstances of the case, this Court finds that the petitioner has

been in judicial custody since 04.09.2024. The question as to

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whether the deceased committed suicide on account of mental

and physical cruelty owing to demand of dowry or for any other

reason is a matter to be adjudicated by the learned trial Court on

the basis of evidence led before it. This Court further finds that

the learned Public Prosecutor has not expressed any apprehension

regarding the petitioner influencing the remaining prosecution

witnesses or absconding in the event of being enlarged on bail.

Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits or

demerits of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the

petitioner on bail.

8. Consequently, this third application of bail under Section 483

BNSS is allowed. It