Radhe Maa gets anticipatory bail in dowry harassment case
October 08, 2015 12:03
The Bombay High Court today granted anticipatory bail to controversial self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa in a dowry harassment case.
On August 14, the court had granted Radhe Maa alias Sukhvinder Kaur interim protection from arrest while hearing her plea.
Radhe Maa, who apprehended arrest in the case, had moved the high court after a sessions court had rejected her anticipatory bail petition on August 13.
Mumbai police had filed a case against her on August 5 for allegedly instigating the in-laws of a 32-year-old woman to harass her for dowry.
The case was filed after a Borivali Magistrate had ordered a probe by police under section 156(3) of CrPc into allegations of dowry harassment against her on a complaint filed by a housewife.
Girish Kulkarni, counsel for the housewife, and intervenor Ramesh Joshi, argued that the in-laws of the complainant were disciples of Radhe Maa.
The godwoman had complete control over the family and at her instance they had allegedly taken dowry from the housewife, he argued.
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