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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:18934 Court No. - 67 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1012 of 2025 Applicant :- Chadani Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Kiran Rani,Laloo Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Vivek Varma,J.
1. Heard counsel for the applicant, Sri V. P. Tripathi, learned AGA for the State-respondent and perused the record. 2. This application under Section 482 BNSS has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 126 of 2024, under Sections 80(2), 85 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Kathela Samay Mata, District Siddharthnagar. 3. Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case. The applicant is the unmarried sister-in-law (nanad) of the deceased. There are vague and general allegations against the applicant. As per the post- mortem report, the deceased died due to asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem hanging. The husband and the mother-in-law of the deceased are in jail. The applicant is a lady and has no criminal antecedents. It is next submitted that the investigation is going on and the applicant has apprehension of her arrest in the above mentioned case. 4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail but could not satisfactorily dispute the aforesaid submissions from the record. 5. Counsel for the applicant further submits that the application for grant of anticipatory bail be confined only till the submission of police report. 6. Having regard to the submissions made by learned counsel for the applicant, considering the nature of accusations, antecedents of the applicant and the fact that the applicant is the unmarried sister- in-law (nanad) of the deceased. There are vague and general allegations against the applicant. At this stage, there is no substantive evidence against the applicant, without commenting on merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled
to be enlarged on anticipatory bail till the submission of police report. 7. In the event of arrest, the applicant- Chadani be released on anticipatory bail in the aforesaid case crime till the submission of police report, if any, under Section 193(3) B.N.S.S., on furnishing a personal bond of Rs.
50,000/- with two sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station concerned with the following conditions:- (i) The applicant shall make herself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) 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 from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; (iii) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court and if she has passport, the same shall be deposited by her, before the S.S.P./S.P. concerned.
8. In default of any of the conditions, the Investigating Officer is at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to the applicant.
9. The Investigating Officer is directed to conclude the investigation of the present case in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this order independently without being prejudiced by any observation made by this Court while considering and deciding the present anticipatory bail application of the applicant.
10. The applicant is directed to produce a copy of this order before the S.S.P./S.P. concerned within ten days from today, who shall ensure the compliance of present order.
11. The application stands disposed of.
Order Date :- 10.2.2025 Sachin Mishra Digitally signed by :- SACHIN MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad