GHAZIABAD: Abhishek Chaudhary, the

of Komal Talan (29) who had staged her own disappearance after leaving a suicide note in her car near Hindon canal five days ago, was granted

till July 17 by a

court on Wednesday.

Based on Komal’s statement given to Ghaziabad police on Tuesday night, police had added two more IPC sections – 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) in the FIR against Abhishek.

Komal, a trainee manager with an insurance company on Barakhamba Road, had disappeared on July 5 from her parents-in-laws’ house in Delhi’s Pandav Nagar. A day later, her car was found parked under the Hindon Elevated Road in Ghaziabad with a note that said she was “going away”, and accusing her husband and in-laws of torturing her over dowry. The note and the location of the car, parked next to the Hindon canal, suggested she had committed suicide.

On the basis of a complaint by Komal’s father, Anil Talan, a case was registered against Abhishek and her in-laws at Indirapuram police station on Saturday night. They were charged with domestic violence and kidnapping and under provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Talan claimed he had given Rs 41 lakh in cash and an Audi car as dowry to Abhishek, and that his family was demanding another Rs 21 lakh for starting a business for him. Talan also accused Abhishek of murdering Komal and throwing her body.

However, Komal was found to be alive and hopping from one city to another to ensure that her husband landed behind bars for ‘murder’. Abhishek was arrested on Tuesday night after her return. Police removed the kidnapping charges from the FIR, but added two new IPC sections.

Abhishek’s counsel argued that Komal had left on her own accord and there was no case against his client. The court of CJM Viveka Nand Vishwakarma subsequently granted him bail. Sources said that the dowry and domestic violence cases are likely to be transferred to Greater Noida where Komal’s parents live.

Police sources said Komal was in touch with one of her friends from office and continuously talking to him from a new number and taking stock of the situation in Ghaziabad. She was planning to fake her suicide on Friday night itself, the day she went missing, but could not finalise the place to park her vehicle, they added.

It was Komal’s friend, a resident of Noida, who had come to Indirapuram on Saturday morning to park the vehicle near Hindon canal and later dropped her at the Anand Vihar bus stand. From there, she took an overnight bus to Jaipur, went on to buy air tickets for Mumbai using the name Kamakshi, with forged documents, and finally boarding the Coimbatore Express. She was finally found travelling in the second AC coach of the train on Monday evening near Bengaluru.