In Brief
A young lecturer died under suspicious circumstances within three months of marriage. Her father filed a dowry death case against his daughter's in-laws, including her mother-in-law. After absconding for over two years, the mother-in-law obtained anticipatory bail from the High Court, citing parity with a brother-in-law's earlier bail and her subsequent cooperation with investigation. The Supreme Court set aside this order, holding that parity was unwarranted given the materially different allegations and the mother-in-law's deliberate evasion of arrest. The Court emphasized that the investigating agency needed an unfettered opportunity to investigate this grave offence and tragic death.
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