Woman called ‘devil’ in man’s note before death, gets bail from Orissa High Court

Orissa High Court News: The Orissa High Court recently granted bail to a woman who was allegedly referred to as a “devil” in her husband’s last note and was booked in connection with his death.

Justice S K Sahoo was hearing the bail plea of the woman, who has been in judicial custody since November 24, 2025, in a case arising out of her husband’s death in February 2025.

“Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, the nature of accusation against the petitioner, the progress of investigation, the post mortem report findings, the surrounding circumstances under which the deceased is alleged to have committed suicide and the period of detention of the petitioner in judicial custody.. I am inclined to release the petitioner on bail,” the order added.

The victim married the petitioner in November 2022. Subsequently, some matrimonial disputes arose between the couple, leading to court cases.

The prosecution argued that the couple started staying separately in July 2024.

In February 2025, the victim died, leading to an FIR and criminal case proceeding against the woman.

The Rajasthan High Court held that merely blaming someone in a note before death for problems caused by litigation does not amount to abetment and quashed the FIR against four persons.

“Mere alleging in the suicide note that the accused is responsible for the problems being faced by the deceased on account of litigation is, in the opinion of this court, not enough to bring the act of the accused within the ambit of abetment to suicide,” the court said in the case.

The court was dealing with a plea to quash the FIR against four people who were booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a man.

Richa Sahay is a Legal Correspondent for The Indian Express, ... Read More