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2025 DAILYLAW 132566 (ALL)

MUKESH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME, CIVIL SECTT. LKO.

BAIL/4977/2023 · 2025-09-09

Karunesh Singh Pawar

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4977 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1. Case called out. None appears on behalf of the applicant. Learned AGA is present. 2. In the prosecution case, it is alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant about one year ago. Since the marriage, the applicant had been demanding dowry, and the deceased was subjected to cruelty. The deceased had conveyed this to the informant over the phone. On 14.06.2022, the informant received information regarding the recovery of his daughter’s dead body, which he identified through a photograph. 3. Learned AGA opposed the bail application, submitting that it is a case of brutal murder. The deceased was killed and her body was thrown into a well. The postmortem report shows that the death occurred 2–4 days prior to the recovery of the body. The cause of death was hemorrhage and shock due to an un-institutional vaginal delivery, and an 8-month-old child was found outside the vagina. 4. Perused the record. 5. On perusal of the statement of the informant, it appears that the sole allegation of dowry demand is against the applicant, who is the husband. The allegation is specific. The deceased died within one year of marriage in most brutal and unnatural circumstances in her matrimonial home, and her dead Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Munendra Kumar, Manish Mani Sharma, Shailendra Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mukesh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home, Civil Sectt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) body was recovered from a well. 6. No ground for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant Mukesh involved in Case Crime No. 125 of 2022 Under section 498A, 304B, 201 IPC and 3/4 D.P Act Police Station- Ahirauli, Ambedkar District-Nagar stands dismissed. September 9, 2025 R.C. BAIL No. 4977 of 2023 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench