SADHNA SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. LKO. AND ANOTHER
NABAIL/581/2025 · 2025-05-30
Subhash Vidyarthi
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:34098 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 581 of 2025 Applicant :- Sadhna Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Lko. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Ishan Baghel,Nishchal Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
1. Heard Shri Ishan Baghel, and Shri Nischal Verma, the
learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Alok Kumar Tiwari, the learned A.G.A. for the State, Shri Ram Prakash Singh, the
learned counsel for the informant and perused the records.
2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.357 of 2025 under Sections 80, 85 of B.N.S. & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act registered at Police Station- Kotwali Nagar, District- Gonda.
3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 08.05.2025 against the applicant, her husband and her son, stating that the informant got his sister married to the applicant's son Alok Singh on 16.02.2022; all the accused persons used to harass her and they forced her to consume some intoxicating substance on 03.05.2025 and thereafter they got her admitted to R.N. Pandey Hospital, Gonda. They gave this information to the informant at 6 am on 05.05.2025. The informant reached there and found condition of her sister very serious and he requested the Doctor to refer her to Lucknow and got her admitted to Rammanohar Lohia Hospital but she could not be saved.
4. The postmortem examination report mentions a healed incised wound of 05 cm X 0.2 cm present on dorsal of left hand. Stomach was perforated and the cause of death could not be ascertained hence, viscera was preserved for chemical
analysis.
5. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a 58 years old woman having no criminal history and she has been falsely implicated in the present case.
6. It has further been stated that the deceased was suffering from psychological disorders for which she was under going treatment in Medanta Hospital, Lucknow. She had attempted to commit suicide on two earlier occasions once by slitting her wrist and again by consuming some pills but she was somehow saved. This time she could not be save.
7. The learned counsel for the informant has filed a counter affidavit opposing the bail application and some bank statements have been annexed therewith showing withdrawal of cash from account by some other persons other than the accused persons.
8. Learned A.G.A.-I has opposed the bail application and he has submitted that investigation is still pending.
9. Learned AGA-I has produced the relevant extracts of case diary for perusal of the Court which indicates that the deceased was being treated for ingestion of Acid (Toilet).
10. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that there is material to prima facie indicate that the deceased had attempted to commit suicide on two earlier occasions also and she was undergoing treatment for psychological stress and that the applicant is a 58 years old woman having no criminal history, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for granting anticipatory bail in the aforesaid case to the applicant.
11. Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application stands allowed.
12. In the event of arrest/appearance of applicant- Sadhna Singh before the learned Trial Court in the aforesaid case crime, she shall be released on anticipatory bail on her furnishing personal bond and two solvent sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of S.H.O./Court concerned on the following conditions and subject to any other conditions that may be fixed by the Trial Court: (i) that the applicant shall make herself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) that 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; (iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the court' (iv) that the applicant shall appear before the trial court on each date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted; and (v) that the applicant shall not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. . [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.]
Order Date :- 30.5.2025 -Amit K- Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench