UMESH KUMAR MEHTA ALIAS UMESH KUMAR v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
B.A./1121/2025 · 2025-02-12
Ambuj Nath
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 1121 of 2025
------ Umesh Kumar Mehta @ Umesh Kumar, aged about 27 years, S/o Nandlal Mehta R/o Village- Loharpurwa, P.O. & P.S.- Haidarnagar, District- Palamau, Jharkhand … … Petitioner
-Versus - The State of Jharkhand
... … Opposite Party
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CORAM: - HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMBUJ NATH
------ For the Petitioner : M/s. Sheo Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : M/s. Azeemuddin, A.P.P.
----- 02/12.02.2025
Heard the parties
2. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Haidarnagar P.S. Case No. 60/2024, for the offences registered under Sections 80, 238, 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023, pending in the Court of Sri P.N. Upadhyay, learned J.M.F.C., Palamau.
3. Petitioner is the husband of the deceased namely Anita Devi who died within seven years of her marriage in her matrimonial home in unnatural circumstances. She was tortured to enforce the demand of dowry prior to her death.
4. It appears that the accused persons had cremated the dead body of the deceased without informing her family.
5. Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to release the petitioner, on bail. Accordingly, his prayer for bail stands rejected.
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