A.Jayakumar v. The State

Crl.O.P.No.19842 of 2022 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

The petitioner, who was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 17.07.2022 for the offences punishable under Section 174 of Cr.P.C. @ Sections 498-A and 306 of IPC in Crime No.302 of 2022 on the file of the respondent police, seeks bail.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the marriage between the petitioner and the deceased was solemnised on 08.09.2019. The couple have a female child aged about 1 1⁄2 years. The petitioner was working in a computer software company in Bangalore. At the instigation of the parents of the petitioner, he demanded money from the deceased and harassed the deceased by insisting her to abort the 2nd child conceived by her on the hope that she may again deliver a female child. While being so, on 16.07.2022, at about 7.30 p.m. de-facto complainant was informed that the deceased committed suicide by hanging at home at about 6.35 p.m. Hence, the complaint.

3. It is seen that the petitioner got married with the deceased on 08.09.2019. They gave birth to a female child. The petitioner insisted that the 2nd child also a girl child and as such, he used to harass the victim/deceased.

As such, she got humiliated and committed suicide by hanging.

4. Therefore, the petitioner had committed a very serious offence and this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Hence, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.

23.08.2022 mpl

G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.

mpl Crl.O.P.No.19842 of 2022 23.08.2022