https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308447 Anticipatory bail in a dowry death prosecution was held unsustainable where the FIR contained specific allegations of dowry demands, prior assault, threats, monetary transfers, and recent calls, and the High Court ignored material record while treating the allegations as general. The order was set aside because bail orders in serious offences may be interfered with when they rest on surmises or perverse reasoning and fail to weigh the gravity of the accusation and the need for a fair investigation. The investigation was also found materially deficient, with key issues such as the murder allegation, money trail, call details, and forensic aspects left unexplored, so further investigation by the CBI was directed. en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:41:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308447 Anticipatory bail in a dowry death prosecution was held unsustainable where the FIR contained specific allegations of dowry demands, prior assault, threats, monetary transfers, and recent calls, and the High Court ignored material record while treating the allegations as general. The order was set aside because bail orders in serious offences may be interfered with when they rest on surmises or perverse reasoning and fail to weigh the gravity of the accusation and the need for a fair investigation. The investigation was also found materially deficient, with key issues such as the murder allegation, money trail, call details, and forensic aspects left unexplored, so further investigation by the CBI was directed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=308447