LAWS(MPH)-2022-8-77

SURESH KUMAR Vs. RAJENDRA KUSHWAH

Decided On August 23, 2022
SURESH KUMAR Appellant
V/S
Rajendra Kushwah Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This application under Sec. 439(2) of CrPC has been filed for cancellation of anticipatory bail to the respondent No. 1 granted by the Sessions Court by order dtd. 29/4/2022 passed in Bail Application No.1129/2022.

(2.) It is submitted by the counsel for the applicant that respondent No. 1 is the father-in-law of the deceased, whereas the applicant is the father of the deceased. The deceased was married to Nitendra Kushwah on 6/12/2020 and she died under suspicious circumstances by hanging on 7/3/2022, i.e., within 1 year and 4 months of her marriage. There are specific allegations against respondent No. 1 that he was harassing and treating the deceased with cruelty for demand of Rs.3,00,000.00. It is submitted by the counsel for the applicant that this Court had granted anticipatory bail to Jethani of the deceased for the reasons that there was no reason for Jethani to demand of Rs.3,00,000.00 thereby instigating her in-laws to give similar treatment to her also. It is submitted that while granting anticipatory bail to Smt. Varsha Singh in M.Cr.C. No.17854/2022, this Court in its order dtd. 18/4/2022 had specifically referred to the allegations made against respondent No. 1 of demand of Rs.3,00,000.00. However, ignoring all these facts, the Trial Court has granted anticipatory bail to the respondent No. 1 by merely mentioning that the case of the applicant is identical to that of co-accused Smt. Varsha Singh. It is submitted that it is well established principle of law that the reasons are to be assigned while granting bail and it is not a case of parity.

(3.) Per contra, the application is vehemently opposed by the counsel for the respondent No. 1. It is submitted that grounds for cancellation of bail are different from the grounds for grant of bail. There is no allegation that respondent No. 1 had misused the liberty granted by the Trial Court. To buttress his contentions, counsel for the respondent No. 1 has relied upon the judgment passed by the Supreme Court in the case of Dolat Ram and others Vs. State of Haryana reported in 1995 SCC (Cri) 237 and Abdul Basit alias Raju and others Vs. Mohd. Abdul Kadir Chaudhary and another reported in (2015) 1 SCC (Cri) 257.