Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Ex-IIS Officer Accused Of Killing Lawyer-Wife, Hiding In Closet To Evade Arrest
The Allahabad Excessive Court docket has granted bail to former Indian Data Service officer Nitin Nath Singh, accused of murdering his spouse, Renu Sinha (a lawyer by occupation), in 2023 after which allegedly hiding within the storeroom of his Noida house to evade arrest.
A bench of Justice Siddharth granted him bail, noting that he’s a senior citizen and never a hardened prison who might pose any menace to the security of society. The bench additionally took into consideration that he has enough property and isn’t at flight threat.
As per the prosecution’s case, in September 2023, 64-year-old Singh allegedly strangled his spouse to dying after a heated argument over promoting their two-storey home in Noida.
In the course of the course of the investigation, Singh was proven to have been arrested from inside the shop room of the primary ground of the home, the place he was purportedly discovered hiding with cigarettes and a bottle of water.
Searching for bail in the case, the counsel for the applicant submitted that there was a significant delay of about 08 hours in lodging the FIR, which had not been defined by the informant, Ajay Kumar, who additionally occurs to be the brother of the deceased.
It was additional argued that there was stress from the informant for the switch of the self-owned home of the applicant in his favour; nonetheless, the applicant and his spouse (deceased) had negotiated the sale of the home for ₹4.5 crores and acquired ₹55 lakhs as earnest cash.
Thus, it was contended that there was each risk of the complicity of the informant within the incident, and he could possibly be behind the killing of his spouse and within the applicant’s absence, the home was once taken care of by the informant, who possessed a set of keys.
Lastly, it was argued that the applicant has been in jail since September 11, 2023. A cost sheet was filed on October 14, 2023, and cognizance was taken in October 2023; nonetheless, the case has not but been dedicated.
On the opposite hand, opposing the bail, the informant’s counsel and the AGA submitted that the CCTV footage collected from a neighbouring home revealed that the applicant by no means left the premises on the day of the incident, which corroborated the declare that he was current in the home on the time of the crime. It was additionally submitted that he did not have a cordial relationship along with his spouse.
Towards the backdrop of those submissions, the court docket, with out expressing any opinion on the deserves and whereas noting that the cost sheet had already been filed and a cognizance had been taken (in October 2023), the case had not but been dedicated, the court docket granted him bail.
Case title – Nitin Nath Singh vs. State of U.P 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 234
Case quotation: 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 234
