AJAY KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 25.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1874/2025 AJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rohit Yadav, Ms. Gultash Guron and Mr. Sahil Siddiqui, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J (ORAL) 1. By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 83/2024, registered at Police Station Jaitpur, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 304B/498A of Indian Penal Code. 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’). 2. Brief facts of the present case are that on 06.02.2024, upon receiving information vide DD No. 06A regarding the suicide of the applicant‟s wife, the police reached the spot and found the deceased, Mohini, aged 18 years, wife of the present applicant Ajay Kumar, hanging from a ceiling fan. The deceased had got married to the BAIL APPLN. 1874/2025 2023. The statement of the father of the deceased was recorded. A post-mortem was conducted, and it was opined that the cause of death was „asphyxia due to ante-mortem hanging‟.