A Bengaluru city court on Saturday granted bail to the wife, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of Techie Atul Subhash, who committed suicide in the IT capital last month after allegedly being molested by his wife and Atul Subhash. – rules.
Nikita Singhania, wife of the deceased; his mother Nisha Singhania; and his brother Anurag Singhania submitted a joint bail application on December 19 before the court. Nikita Singhania has also moved the Karnataka High Court to withdraw her and her family’s suicide plea.
The high court earlier on December 31 ordered the court to decide on the bail application on January 4. The federal prosecutor wanted time until January 6 to argue the matter.
The three suspects were arrested by Bengaluru police in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh last month on the basis of a complaint filed by Atul Subhash’s brother at Marathahalli police station in Bengaluru.
Nikita Singhania was arrested in Haryana’s Gurugram, while Nisha Singhania and Anurag Singhania were arrested from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh on December 15. The three were produced before a Bengaluru court and sent to judicial custody after their arrest.
They were accused of demanding Rs 3 crore to withdraw police cases filed against Atul Subhash and Rs 30 lakh for visiting rights to see his son.
The three suspects argued before the court that their arrest was illegal because there were no reasons given for the arrest by the police.
A native of Uttar Pradesh, Atul Subhash got married to Nikita Singhania, a software engineer, in 2019 and has since separated. Atul Subhash was facing nine charges including murder, dowry abuse, and unnatural sex, among others.
In other cases, his parents were also named as suspects. Atul Subhash had left behind a 24-page death note detailing his ordeal and also posted an 81-minute long video before he committed suicide.
In the obituary, Atul Subhash also alleged that the family court judge in Uttar Pradesh was in favor of his in-laws.
“My brother is mentally and physically tired since the disputes in the courts started. He was always taunted and told to die if he failed to fulfill their demands,” said Atul Subhash’s brother Bikas Kumar in his complaint.
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