He further placed reliance upon a judgment of Supreme Court in K.V. Prakash Babu v. State of Karnataka
Case Details
Court No. - 76 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 50620 of 2022 Applicant :- Jagdeesh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sumit Kumar Srivastava,Anil Kumar Pathak,Rishabh Singh,Vinod Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. Applicant - Jagdeesh has approached this Court for bail in Case Crime No. 328 of 2022 under Sections 306, 504, 506 I.P.C,. Police Station- Pipri, District- Kaushambi. According to prosecution story, applicant's wife committed suicide. It was alleged that applicant was in a extra-marital affair with his bhabhi, due to which the deceased was left with no other option but to commit suicide and as such applicant has committed an offence of abatement of suicide.
Legal Reasoning
bhabhi, however, evidence prima facie does not appear to be cogent for the purpose of abatement of suicide and also taking note that three children of applicant want love and affection of their father, especially in absence of their mother and Court also takes note of K.V. Prakash Babu (supra) and find that it is a fit case for grant of bail. Let the applicant- Jagdeesh be released on bail in the aforesaid case crime number on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Court concerned with the following conditions which are being imposed in the interest of justice:- (i) The applicant will not tamper with prosecution evidence and will not harm or harass the victim/complainant in any manner whatsoever. (ii) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment or exemption from appearance on the date fixed in trial. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the Trial Court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law. (iii) The applicant will not misuse the liberty of bail in any manner whatsoever. In case, the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his presence proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C., may be issued and if applicant fails to appear before the Court on the date fixed in such proclamation, then, the Trial Court shall initiate proceedings against him, in accordance with law, under section 174-A I.P.C. (iv) The Trial Court may make all possible efforts/endeavour and try to conclude the trial expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months after release of applicant, if there is no other legal impediment. The identity, status and residential proof of sureties will be verified by court concerned and in case of breach of any of the conditions mentioned above, court concerned will be at liberty to cancel the bail and send the applicant to prison. The bail application is allowed. It is made clear that the observations made hereinabove are only for the purpose of adjudicating the present bail application. Order Date :- 16.3.2023 Nirmal Sinha Digitally signed by :- NIRMAL SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
Arguments
Sri Anil Kumar Pathak, learned counsel for applicant submits that applicant's wife committed suicide after eight years of marriage; out of their wedlock, two sons and one daughter are born; there is no evidence in regard to abatement of suicide. He further placed reliance upon a judgment of Supreme Court in K.V. Prakash Babu vs. State of Karnataka, (2017) 11 SCC 176 in which the Court held that "if the husband gets involved in an extra-marital affairs, that may not in all circumstances invite conviction under Section 306 I.P.C.; therefore, applicant, who is in jail since 18.10.2022 may be released on bail during trial. Sri Rishi Chaddha, learned AGA appearing for State submits that applicant was in an illicit relationship with her bhabhi which was objected by the deceased and she was under tremendous mental pressure. Her family life was highly disturbed. The evidence collected during investigation also indicates that she was very disturbed due to illicit relationship of applicant and the applicant despite serious objections raised by deceased has not stopped his illicit relationship. These were the circumstances under which the victim committed suicide which clearly falls under the offence of abatement of suicide. Therefore, applicant may not be enlarged on bail. This Court has discussed the law of abatement of suicide and law on bail in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 20591 of 2021 (Ravindra Pratap Shahi alias Pappu Shahi vs State of U.P.) and for reference the same is mentioned hereinafter:- "जममानत ककी वविधध 6 (i) वविधध कमा धसिदमान्त हहै वक "जममानत वनयम और जजेल अपविमाद हहै”। जममानत न तत वकसिसी यमााሱवቔኌक आदजेश सिजे स्विसीकमार यमा अस्विसीकमार हसी ककी जमा सिकतसी हहै , क्योሱवक यह न कजे विल उसि व्यवሹኌ ककी स्विताሱቔኌतमा सिजे सिाሱबाሱधधत हहै, धजसिकजे वविरुद आपरमाधधक कमायरविमाहसी चल रहसी हहै, परन्ततु यह दण्ड न्यमाय ्ቚणमालसी कजे वहत सिजे भसी सिाሱबाሱधधत हहै और यह भसी सितुवनशशचत करनमा आविशयक हहै, वक अपरमाध करनजे विमालोሱ कत न्यमाय मम बमाधमा डमालनजे कमा अविसिर न वदयमा जमायजे (ii) जममानत कजे धलए आविजेदन पर वविचमार करतजे सिमय , न्यमायमालय कत कतु छ कमारकोሱ कत ध्यमान मम रखनमा चमावहए , जहैसिजे वक अवभयतुሹኌ कजे धखलमाफ ्ቚथम दृ्ቖयमा ममामलमा कमा हतनमा , आरतप ककी गाሱभसीरतमा और ्ቚकक वत , आरतप धसिद हतनजे ककी शस्थवत मम सिजमा ककी कठतरतमा , अनतुपपूरक सिमाቌኚय ककी ्ቚकक वत, न्यमायमालय ककी आरतप कजे धलयजे ्ቚथम दृ्ቖयमा सिाሱततुव्ቖ, अवभयतुሹኌ ककी हहैधसियत वि पद, अवभयतुሹኌ ककी न्यमाय सिजे भमागनजे और अपरमाध कत दतहरमानजे ककी सिाሱभमाविनमा, सिमाቌኚय कजे सिमाथ छजेड़छमाड़ ककी सिाሱभमाविनमा, वशकमायतकतमार और गविमाह कत धमककी ककी आशाሱकमा और अपरमाधसी कमा अपरमाधधक इवतहमासि जममानत कजे धलए आविजेदन पर वविचमार करतजे सिमय , न्यमायमालय कत ममामलजे कजे अवभयतजन प्ቌ कजे गविमाहोሱ ककी वविशविसिनसीयतमा वि शस्थरतमा ककी शस्थवत ककी गतुण-दतष ककी जमााሱच सिघनतमा सिजे नहीሻ करनसी चमावहए। क्योሱवक यह कजे विल परसी्ቌण कजे ददौरमान हसी जमााሱचमा जमा सिकतमा हहै। इसिकजे अतररሹኌ सिमतमा ज़ममानत कमा एकममाቔኌ आधमार तत नहीሻ हहै , परन्ततु यह उपरतሹኌ पहलतुओाሱ मम सिजे एक हत सिकतमा हहै , जत अवनविमायर रुप सिजे जममानत कजे आविजेदन पर वविचमार करतजे सिमय वविचमारणसीय हतनजे चमावहए। (iii) यह अवविविमावदत हहै, वक जममानत दजेनमा यमा न दजेनमा , यह उसि न्यमायमालय कमा वविविजेकमाधधकमार हहै, जत इसि ममामलजे ककी सितुनविमाई कर रहमा हहै। हमालमााሱवक यह वविविजेकमाधधकमार वनबमारध हहै। परन्ततु इसिकमा उपयतग न्यमायसिाሱगत , ममानविसीय वि सिहमानतुभपूवत पपूविरक हसी वकयमा जमानमा चमावहए न वक मनममानजे तरसीकजे सिजे। जममानत स्विसीकमार यमा अस्विसीकमार करनजे कजे आदजेश मम कमारणोሱ कत ्ቚथम दृ्ቖयमा इाሱवगत करनमा चमावहए, हमालमााሱवक गतुण-दतष पर सिमाቌኚय ककी वविस्तकत जमााሱच और वविस्तकत दस्तमाविजेजसीकरण कत दशमारनजे ककी आविशयकतमा नहीሻ हहै। जममानत ककी शतर इतनसी भसी सिख्त नहीሻ हतनसी चमावहए ककी उसिकमा अनतुपमालन करनमा हसी अ्ቌम हत जमायजे , धजसिसिजे जममानत हसी कमाल्पवनक न हत जमायजे। आत्म हत्यमा कमा दतुष््ቚजेरण ककी वविधध- 7(i) भमा० दाሱ० सिाሱ० ककी धमारमा 306, "आत्महत्यमा कमा दतुष््ቚजेरण " कजे अपरमाध वि सिजमा कजे ्ቚमाविधमानोሱ कत विवणरत करतमा हहै , धजसिकजे अनतुसिमार " यवद कतई व्यवሹኌ आत्महत्यमा करजे तत जत कतई ऐसिसी आत्महत्यमा कमा दतुष््ቚजेरण करजेगमा , विह दतनत मजे सिजे वकसिसी भमााሱवत कजे कमारमाविमासि सिजे, धजसिककी अविधध दसि विषर तक हत सिकजे गसी , दशण्डत वकयमा जमाएगमा और जतुममारनजे सिजे भसी दण्डनसीय हतगमा" तथमा वकसिसी बमात कमा 'दतुष््ቚजेरण' क्यमा हहै यह भमा०दाሱ०सिाሱ० ककी धमारमा 107 मम पररभमावषत वकयमा गयमा हहै, धजसिकजे अनतुसिमार दतुष््ቚजेरण कमा अपरमाध तसीन रूप मम कमाररत वकयमा जमा सिकतमा हहै, पहलमा उसि बमात कत करनजे कजे धलए वकसिसी व्यवሹኌ कत उकसिमाकर, दपूसिरमा उसि बमात कत करनजे कजे धलए ष्ቐन्ቔኌ करकजे यमा अन्य व्यवሹኌ यमा व्यवሹኌयोሱ कजे सिमाथ सिम्मधलत हतकर ष्ቐन्ቔኌ करकजे उसिकजे अनतुसिरण यमा उदजेशय सिजे कतई कमायर यमा अविहैध लतप घवटित हत जमायजे अथविमा तसीसिरमा उसि बमात कजे वकयजे जमानजे मम वकसिसी कमायर यमा अविहैध लतप दमारमा सिमाशय सिहमायतमा करनमा। (ii) दतुष््ቚजेरण मम एक ममानधसिक ्ቚवቅኌयमा शमावमल हततसी हहै, धजसिसिजे वकसिसी व्यवሹኌ कत उकसिमानजे यमा अवभ्ቚमाय पपूविरक उसिकजे वकसिसी कमायर कत सिहमायतमा दजेनमा हततमा हहै। आत्महत्यमा करनजे कजे धलए उकसिमानजे यमा सिहमायतमा करनजे कजे धलए अवभयतुሹኌ ककी ओर सिजे कतई सिकमारमात्मक कमायर हतनमा चमावहयजे तथमा इन सिबकजे पसीछजे अवभयतुሹኌ कमा दतषपपूणर आशय अविशय हतनमा चमावहयजे। (iii) दतुष््ቚजेरण कजे अपरमाध कत धसिद करनजे कजे धलए उሹኌ अपरमाध कत कमाररत करनजे कजे धलए अवभयतुሹኌ ककी आपरमाधधक दतषपपूणर ममानधसिक शस्थवत स्प्ቖ रूप सिजे दृ्ቖगतचर हतनसी चमावहए। आशय कत धसिद करनजे कजे धलए , ऐसिमा सिमाቌኚय पቔኌमाविलसी पर उपशस्थत हतनमा चमावहयजे वक अवभयतुሹኌ नजे अपनजे दतषपपूणर ममानसि कजे अनतुसिरण मम वकसिसी व्यवሹኌ कत आत्महत्यमा कजे कक त कत करनजे कजे धलए उकसिमानजे यमा उसिकमा उसि कक त कत कमाररत करनजे कजे धलए जमान बपूझकर सिहमायतमा ्ቚदमान करसी हत। (दजेखजेख- अरनवि मनतराሱजन गतस्विमामसी बनमाम महमारमा्ቖष रमाज्य वि अन्यख (2021) 2 एसि सिसी सिसी 427, कमामन ककॉज बनमाम भमारत सिरकमार (2018) 5 एसि सिसी ाሱ सिसी 1, रमाजजेश बनमाम हररयमाणमा रमाज्य (2020) 15 एसि सिसी सिसी 359, गतुरुचरन धसिाሱह बनमाम पाሱजमाब रमाज्य (2020) 10 एसि सिसी सिसी 200)” In the present case, victim has committed suicide after eight years of marriage. Evidence collected during investigation indicates that applicant was in a long illicit relationship with her