The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied bail to a woman who filed five rape cases against different men..The woman had approached the Court for bail after she was accused of having extorted money from a man and ransacking his shop.After examining the case diary, Justice Maninder Bhatti found that there were direct accusations of extortion against the accused. .The Court observed that the woman has previously filed multiple cases against various individuals, including two against her husband."The statement of...(complainant) also reflects that upon being threatened he gave a sum of Rs.1,80,000/- to the present applicant. It is also not in dispute that the present applicant has also lodged 5 cases under Section 376 I.P.C against different persons including two cases against one...who, according to applicant, is her husband," it said..A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the woman for the offences of extortion, criminal intimidation, and others under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). After she was denied bail by the trial court, she approached the High Court.During the hearing, counsel for the woman argued that since no amount or property or valuable security was delivered to her, the offence of extortion was not made out. He further submitted that the trial court had rejected her bail application while taking note of cases of a similar nature against her in the past. Such cases could not have been made the basis to reject her application, the Court was told. .On the contrary, the State as well as the complainant argued that the woman had a habit of lodging false and frivolous cases. She is in the habit of blackmailing due to which several persons have become victims at her instance, the Court was told..After considering the submissions, the Court said that it was not inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail..Advocate Vishal Daniel represented the bail applicant.Advocate CS Parmar and Aman Dawra appeared for the respondents..[Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied bail to a woman who filed five rape cases against different men..The woman had approached the Court for bail after she was accused of having extorted money from a man and ransacking his shop.After examining the case diary, Justice Maninder Bhatti found that there were direct accusations of extortion against the accused. .The Court observed that the woman has previously filed multiple cases against various individuals, including two against her husband."The statement of...(complainant) also reflects that upon being threatened he gave a sum of Rs.1,80,000/- to the present applicant. It is also not in dispute that the present applicant has also lodged 5 cases under Section 376 I.P.C against different persons including two cases against one...who, according to applicant, is her husband," it said..A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the woman for the offences of extortion, criminal intimidation, and others under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). After she was denied bail by the trial court, she approached the High Court.During the hearing, counsel for the woman argued that since no amount or property or valuable security was delivered to her, the offence of extortion was not made out. He further submitted that the trial court had rejected her bail application while taking note of cases of a similar nature against her in the past. Such cases could not have been made the basis to reject her application, the Court was told. .On the contrary, the State as well as the complainant argued that the woman had a habit of lodging false and frivolous cases. She is in the habit of blackmailing due to which several persons have become victims at her instance, the Court was told..After considering the submissions, the Court said that it was not inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail..Advocate Vishal Daniel represented the bail applicant.Advocate CS Parmar and Aman Dawra appeared for the respondents..[Read Order]
