Referring to the complainant’s detailed account and supporting medical records, the Court noted a pattern of abuse and exploitation.
“A perusal of record clearly reveals a pattern of abuse and exploitation perpetrated by the applicant against his wife, demonstrating a blatant disregard for her well-being and autonomy. It is shocking that as a married earning woman, even to pay fee to the doctor and to buy medicines, she had to ask the accused/husband who told her that her father had not given enough money to take her to a doctor or to buy medicines for her,” the Court noted.
Since the allegations were specifically narrated with time, place and the manner of incidents, the Court determined that the argument of the applicant that he was falsely implicated was of no material consequence at the stage.
Accordingly, the Court took the opinion that the accused should be dealt with with a stern hand.
It further underlined that his custodial interrogation may be required for the purpose of recovering any inappropriate photographs, conversations, audios or videos as alleged by the complainant. Therefore, the Court rejected the application for anticipatory bail.
Source: Barandbench
