HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3292 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.94 of 2023, under Sections 498A, 304B, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Baba Bazar, District Faizabad/ Ayodhya. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant on 03.06.2022 and thereafter on account of non-payment of dowry, the daughter was killed on 20.07.2023. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is ante mortem hanging. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that the applicant is in custody since 23.07.2023; the applicant is husband and a substantial period of pre-trial detention has been undergone coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ratan Lal be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vimlesh Kumar, Akanksha Suman, Jyoti Rawat, Shraddha Gupta, Ved Prakash, Vimlesh Kumar, Virendra Pratap Singh Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ratan Lal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the 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 akverma BAIL No. 3292 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench