Karthickrajakumar v. State Rep By

Crl.O.P.No.4745 of 2024 C.V.KARTHIKEYAN,J.

The petitioner/A1 in Crime No.137 of 2023 originally registered by the respondent police for the offence punishable under Section 174 of Cr.P.C and later altered into Sections 306 and 304B of IPC seeks anticipatory bail.

2.It is stated that the marriage between the petitioner and the deceased/his wife took place on 10.03.2019 and a female child was born to them on 23.03.2020. Unfortunately, the child died due to accidental drowning on 22.11.2021. There are two other accused/ A2 and A3 who had been granted anticipatory bail. Since the incident happened within seven years from the date of marriage, the Revenue Divisional Officer had conducted an enquiry and the result of the enquiry had been placed before this court. Definite findings has been given by the Revenue Divisional Officer that the deceased had committed suicide owing to continuous demands of dowry and cruelty. There are two significant factors. The first factor is that the deceased was admitted to hospital by 1/3

the accused persons and they had told the hospital authorities that she was suffering from low blood pressure. She died. Later, on post mortem, it was found that there was poison in the viscera. The second significant factor is that the vehicle which was in the name of the defacto complainant was transferred to the name of the petitioner.

3. It is the specific case of the learned Government Advocate (Crl.Side) that there has been continuous demands for dowry from the defacto complainant. There was also demand for transfer of car from the name of the deceased to the name of the petitioner.

4. Taking all these aspects which require investigation to be conducted, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

5. Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. Vv 29.02.2024 2/3

C.V.KARTHIKEYAN,J.

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