Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Ex-IIS Officer In Wife’s Alleged Murder Case
The Allahabad Excessive Court docket has granted bail to Ex-IIS Officer Nitin Nath Singh, accused of murdering his spouse, whereas observing that he’s a senior citizen having enough belongings and isn’t a hardened legal who can pose any risk to the security of society.
The Excessive Court docket was contemplating a bail software filed in a legal case registered underneath part 302 of the IPC.
The Single Bench of Justice Siddharth stated, “After listening to the rival submissions, this courtroom finds that applicant is in jail since 11.09.2023. Not one of the events have introduced on file the present standing of trial. Applicant just isn’t a hardened legal who can pose any risk to the security of society. He has enough belongings and isn’t at flight threat. He seems to be senior citizen as effectively.”
Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Gupta represented the Applicant, whereas Advocate Anshul Pathak represented the Respondent.
Factual Background
The brother of the deceased said that his sister, who was affected by most cancers, didn’t reply to his calls someday. When he went to see her, he discovered the door to be locked and thus referred to as the police. The lifeless physique of his sister was discovered mendacity within the rest room, and there have been accidents on her face. The post-mortem was performed, and the reason for demise was talked about as Asphyxia consequent upon guide strangulation. An arrest memo was ready. After the recording of the assertion of the informant, the location plan was proven to be ready on his declaring, and in the identical course of, the arrest of the accused-applicant was proven to be effected from inside the shop room of the primary ground, after breaking open the door lock. The Applicant has been in jail since September 11, 2023.
Arguments
It was the case of the applicant that the important delay of about 8 hours in lodging the FIR had not been defined. It was additional submitted that there was strain from the informant for the switch of the self-owned home of the applicant in his favor because the applicant had proposed to promote the stated home and convey his spouse to the U.Okay./ U.S.A for her superior medical therapy.
Reasoning
The Bench took word of the character of the offence, proof, complicity of the accused and the bigger mandate of Article 21 of the Structure. The Bench additionally thought-about the dictum of the Apex Court docket in Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement (2024) and the very fact of overcrowding in jails over and above their capability by the underneath trials. The Bench was of the view that the applicant had made out a case for bail.
The Bench, thus, ordered, “Let the applicant, Nitin Nath Singh, concerned in Case Crime No. 393 of 2023, underneath Part- 302 IPC, Police Station- Sector-20 Noida, District- Gautam Buddh Nagar, be launched on bail on his furnishing a private bond and two sureties every within the like quantity to the satisfaction of the courtroom involved topic to following circumstances. Additional, earlier than issuing the discharge order, the sureties be verified.”
Trigger Title: Nitin Nath Singh v. State of U.P. (Impartial Quotation: 2025:AHC:100311)
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Applicant: Senior Advocate Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Advocate Navnath Pandey
Reverse Get together: Advocate Anshul Pathak, Authorities Advocate Atharva Dixit
