Overview
- In Noor Mohammad’s case, Justice Manoj Jain granted regular bail on personal and surety bonds of Rs 25,000 each after noting no dying declaration, an eight-year relationship with no prior complaint, diary entries reflecting her wish to marry, and a time gap between the breakup and the death.
- The court recorded that friends of the deceased did not corroborate allegations of pressure to convert, and it emphasized that mere breakup cannot by itself amount to instigation under Section 108 BNS.
- In a separate matter, Justice Saurabh Banerjee granted anticipatory bail to Ujjwal on a Rs 1,00,000 bond despite recovered suicide notes and FSL linkage, holding that liability requires an active, direct act coupled with clear mens rea.
- The High Court stated that refusal to marry or failure to respond to messages does not constitute instigation or abetment under Section 306 IPC/Section 108 BNS without a clear, proximate nexus to the suicide.
- Investigations and the chargesheet are complete in the Noor Mohammad case, proceedings will continue at trial, and contested allegations, including claims of coercion to convert, remain to be tested in evidence.