Jai Prakash Singh vs State Of Bihar & Anr.Etc on 14 March, 2012
Out of shame and as the victim had reached marriageable age and
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such reports may hinder her matrimonial prospects, the parents did not report
the matter to the police - a plausible yet costly error which ultimately led to her
ghastly end. These circumstances fully establish the guilt of the appellant
Bachchu and his conviction in the instant case cannot be faulted. Authorities
relied upon by the appellant are inapposite. Jai Prakash Singh Vs. State of
Bihar, (2012) 4 SCC 379, relates to the discretion of the court in ganting
anticipatory bail while in Asraf Vs. State of West Bengal (2008) 15 SCC 97,
acquittal was recorded as depositions of witnesses suffered from gross
contradictions which is not the case here.