Karnataka HC rejects plea to quash FIR in Atul Subhash suicide case

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Karnataka police arrest wife from Gurgaon, her family from Allahabad



The counsel further argued that the petitioner had the right to get legal remedies and couldn’t be booked just for lodging a complaint against Atul Subhash.The court issued notices to respondents and directed them to file objections. The direction was also given for the prosecution to submit the materials collected during the investigation.A Bengaluru court on January 4 granted bail to the estranged wife and in-laws of automobile firm executive Atul Subhash, who died suicide here last month citing a troubled marriage and accusing his spouse of harassment.The family of Atul Subhash has stated that after obtaining the order sheet, they would appeal against the decision in the High Court of Karnataka.The bail was granted to Atul Subhash’s wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha Singhania and brother-in-law Anurag Singhania.Atul Subhash alleged his wife demanded Rs 3 crore for divorce settlement.The police registered an FIR against the accused persons under Sections 108, 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) on December 9.Bikas Kumar (Subhash’s brother) had lodged a police complaint alleging abetment to suicide with the Marathahalli police in Bengaluru.Bikas Kumar alleged in the complaint that false cases were lodged against his brother (Atul Subhash) by the accused, demanding Rs 3 crore to settle the case. He had also alleged that his brother was taunted in the court during the proceedings that he had to either give Rs 3 crore or kill himself.



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