MAHESH CHAND vs STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH — Crl.A. No. 2270/2026

Supreme Court Hearing Summary The Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to the husband (Prince Chaudhary) in a dowry death case where his wife died under suspicious circumstances in July 2024. The Court found the High Court's reasoning flawed, rejecting the delay-in-FIR argument and emphasizing the serious allegations of dowry harassment, postmortem evidence (ligature marks on neck), and applicability of dowry death presumption under Section 118 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. The accused must surrender within one week, and the trial court is directed to complete proceedings within one year. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.