Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22028 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3242 of 2025 Applicant :- Pramod @ Puneet Opposite Party :- State Of U.P.Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. Counsel for Applicant :- Ajeet Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Sri Ajeet Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, and Shri Anuj Pratap Singh, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State, and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.035 of 2025, under Sections 108 B.N.S., registered at Police Station Tadiyawan, District Hardoi. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 21.01.2025, stating that the informant had got his daughter married to the applicant about six years ago; the applicant used to harass his daughter for demanding dowry, and on 02.01.2025 the informant received information from some unknown person at about 2 a.m. that his daughter has been killed. Upon reaching there, the informant found the dead-body lying in a verandah inside the home, and blood stained stick and broken bangles were lying there. 4. The information about death of the applicant's wife was given to the police by the applicant himself on 21.01.2025 at about 1 a.m., who stated that his wife has committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling. 5. The inquest proceedings were conducted in presence of the applicant along with other witnesses and all the witnesses stated that the deceased had committed suicide by hanging. 6. The post-mortem examination report mentions a ligature mark around neck of the dead-body with a gap of 3 cm and cause of death has been opined to be asphyxia due to antemortem hanging. 7. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 8. The learned Additional Government Advocate has opposed the bail application and submitted that allegations have been established during investigation and a charge-sheet has been filed on 25.03.2025. 9. Statements of some independent witnesses have been annexed with the bail application who stated that on the date of the incident the applicant had seen his wife in a room with another person. The applicant had beaten up that person and had cried and stated that his wife had not left him capable of showing his face to any person. He was crying and saying that he would leave his home. The deceased had committed suicide due to this reason. The independent witnesses stated that the harassment because of demanding dowry is false. 10. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 11. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 12. Let the applicant- Pramod alias Puneet be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:- (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his appearance is exempted by the learned trial court. [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.] Order Date :- 18.4.2025 MVS/- Digitally signed by :- MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench