Gujarat High Court Declines Bail To Husband Booked For Wife's Murder After Noting That He Tried To Mislead The Probe

The Gujarat High Court recently rejected a man's bail plea who is accused of his wife's murder after noting that he had attempted to mislead the probe by first filing a missing person complaint and a habeas corpus petition before the court despite identifying the place from where the remains of his deceased wife's body were dug out. The court also observed that the man's role was "vital in the commission of offence like murder of his wife", which was different from the role of the co-accused who were granted bail by the Supreme Court in July. The counsel then argued on the grounds of parity that the co-accused persons have been enlarged on regular bail by this Court and the Apex Courts, therefore, the applicant deserves consideration. The Court has taken into consideration certain statements of the witnesses, particularly the witnesses who have directly connected the applicant with the entire offence of murder has taken place in the car.This Court has also independently considered the role attributed to the co-accused, who are enlarged on regular bail.From the statement of the independent witnesses, it is coming out that it is the applicant, who participated in the offence with other co-accused from the beginning, i.e to say from the stage of conspiracy and execution and thereafter, identifying the place for burring the deceased and after sometime changing the location of the dead body and burring it somewhere else.