MANOJ YADAV v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/7943/2025 · 2025-10-09
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7943 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.
2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.81 of 2025 under sections 85, 108 BNS Act and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Nawabganj, District Bahraich.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant in the year 2017. Subsequently, she was harassed by the family members and done to death. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is antemortem hanging. The applicant is being prosecuted for the offence under section 108 BNS on the basis of the material on record and the postmortem report. There is no material to suggest abetment at the instance of the applicant.
4. Considering the law as laid by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs. Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC Online SC 1387, the applicant who is in custody since 03.06.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Manoj Yadav be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sandeep Kumar(Trivedi) Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Shailendra Kumar Manoj Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
(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 9, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 7943 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench