Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Temporary Bail To Murder Accused To Take Care Of Pregnant Wife

Zeeshan Thomas

20 April 2022 4:44 PM GMT

  • Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Temporary Bail To Murder Accused To Take Care Of Pregnant Wife

    The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently granted temporary bail to a murder accused for 90 days so that he could take care of his pregnant wife, whose delivery was due in a week. Justice Sanjay Dwivedi was dealing with a bail application U/S 439 CRPC moved by the Applicant accused for offences punishable U/S 302, 307, 294, 506, 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 34 of the...

    The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently granted temporary bail to a murder accused for 90 days so that he could take care of his pregnant wife, whose delivery was due in a week.

    Justice Sanjay Dwivedi was dealing with a bail application U/S 439 CRPC moved by the Applicant accused for offences punishable U/S 302, 307, 294, 506, 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 34 of the IPC.

    The Applicant was seeking temporary bail on the ground that his wife was pregnant and her date of delivery was expected in a week. As submitted that as per the advice of the doctor, she was to be hospitalized. He further submitted that she would have to undergo surgery and that it would take her some time to recover. Accordingly, he prayed three months of temporary bail to take care of his wife as there was nobody in the family to look after her.

    Considering the submissions of the Applicant, the Court observed-

    Shri Saxena appearing for the State had been grant time to verify and ascertain the aforesaid fact. As per the report submitte by him the wife of the present applicant is pregnant and is to be hospitalized. On going through existing facts and circumstances of the case, this Court deems it appropriate to consider the bail application of the applicant for a period of 90 days.

    With the aforesaid observations, the Court granted temporary bail to the Applicant and accordingly, the application was allowed.

    Case Title: RAVISH SOOD ALIAS AMAN Vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

    Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (MP) 118

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