Rina Gantait And ANR v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

07.09.2022 C.R.A. (DB) 175 of 2022 tkm/ct 28 sl no. 39 In Re : An application under section 374(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with section 14A (2) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act In Re : Rina Gantait & Anr.

.....appellants Ms. M Gomes ............. For the appellants Mr. S G Mukherjee, ld PP Ms. Debjani Sahu ............. For the State Appellants are the parents in law of the victim housewife. They are in custody for 127 days. They pray for bail. Their bail prayer being rejected by the court below, they have appealed before the court.

Learned Public Prosecutor opposes the prayer for bail. We have considered the materials on record. Statements of witnesses show appellants subjected the victim housewife to torture over demands of dowry. She communicated such fact to her parents and friends. Soon thereafter, she committed suicide. In view of the aforesaid incriminating materials, we are not inclined to grant bail to the appellants at this stage. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected. (Ajay Kumar Gupta, J.) (Joymalya Bagchi, J.)