HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2289 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Shri Vijay Bahadur Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 182 of 2022, under Sections 498A, 304B IPC and under Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Mahanagar, District Lucknow. 3. It is argued that in terms of the FIR the allegations were levelled that the daughter of the informant was killed by the applicant and his family members. The cause of death as per the post mortem report could not be ascertained and the viscera was sent for analysis. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the fact that as per the postmortem report the cause of death could not be ascertained as such on the ground of substantial completion of investigation and in the absence of corroboratory evidence, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in custody since 19.7.2022 and have no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ravi Shankar Rathour be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shresth Agarwal, Ankit Kumar Yadav, Devendra Kumar Rawat, Salma Bano, Sarita Agarwal, Vijay Bahadur Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Rajesh Kumar Kashyap Ravi Shankar Rathour .....Applicant(s) State Of Up. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lucknow, U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. October 8, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 2289 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench