HC Asks Husband To Pay Wife Rs 10 Lakhs For Anticipatory Bail In Dowry Harassment Case; Supreme Court Sets Aside Condition As Unreasonable

Awstika Das

27 Oct 2022 3:40 PM IST

  • HC Asks Husband To Pay Wife Rs 10 Lakhs For Anticipatory Bail In Dowry Harassment Case; Supreme Court Sets Aside Condition As Unreasonable

    The Supreme Court has recently set aside a decision of the Jharkhand High Court to impose a precondition for anticipatory bail that the accused would have to deposit a Demand Draft of Rs. 10 lakhs as ad interim victim compensation in favour of his wife. This appeal arose out of a dowry harassment case in which the complainant had instituted a criminal complaint against her husband before...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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