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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous 3^rd Bail Application No. 3809/2026

Dinesh Kumar S/o Pappu Ram, Aged About 60 Years, Resident Of

60 Lnp, Ridmalsar, Police Statino Ghamoodwali, District Sri

Ganganagar. (At Present Lodged In Central Jail Sri Ganganagar)

----Petitioner

Versus

State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ratish Bhatnagar

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Gehlot, PP

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

15/05/2026

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.194/2024 registered at Police Station Ghamoodwali,

District Sri Ganganagar, for the offences under Sections 80(2) and

85 of BNS.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public

Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as per the

prosecution, the marriage of the petitioner was solemnised with

the deceased, Pooja, on 09.07.2022. It is alleged that soon after

the marriage, the petitioner started harassing her in connection

with dowry demands. Owing to the alleged harassment caused by

the petitioner and his family members, the deceased, within two

and a half years of marriage, committed suicide on 22.09.2024 by

jumping into a water tank (diggi).

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Learned counsel submitted that the allegations of dowry

demand levelled against the petitioner and his family members

are absolutely false and baseless. He further submitted that

although the deceased committed suicide within a few years of her

marriage with the petitioner, there is no cogent material available

on record to establish that the petitioner ever subjected her to

cruelty or harassment in connection with dowry demands.

According to learned counsel, the reason for the deceased

committing suicide may be attributable to circumstances other

than any alleged harassment by the petitioner. It was contended

that the omnibus allegations levelled against the petitioner are not

sufficient to sustain his conviction in the criminal case.

Lastly, learned counsel submitted that the petitioner is in

judicial custody; the statements of the complainant and other

material prosecution witnesses have already been recorded before

the competent criminal Court and, therefore, there is no

apprehension of the petitioner influencing them; and the trial of

the case is likely to take considerable time. It was, therefore,

prayed that the benefit of bail be granted to the accused-

petitioner.

Per contra, the learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently

opposed the bail application.

Having considered the rival submissions, facts and

circumstances of the case, this Court prima facie finds that the

petitioner has been in judicial custody for more than one and a

half years. The statements of the material prosecution witnesses,

including the complainant, have already been recorded before the

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competent criminal Court. No specific incident of dowry demand

has been disclosed by the complainant during his Court statement.

The learned Public Prosecutor has also not shown any

apprehension of the petitioner influencing the remaining material

prosecution witnesses of the case or fleeing from justice in the

event he is enlarged on bail. Thus, without expressing any opinion

on the merits/demerits of the case, this Court is inclined to

enlarge the petitioner on bail.

Consequently, the third bail application under Section 483

BNSS is allowed. It is ordered that the accused-petitioner Dinesh

Kumar S/o Pappu Ram arrested in connection with F.I.R.

No.194/2024 registered at Police Station Ghamoodwali, District Sri

Ganganagar, shall be released on bail, if not wanted in any other

case, provided he furnishe