HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8055 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed today in Court is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.63 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Kotwali Bikapur, District Ayodhya. 4. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant in the year 2020. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, the entire matrimonial family had killed the daughter. As per the postmortem report, the cause of death is asphyxia due to ante mortem hanging and no injury other than the ligature mark was seen on the body of the deceased. The applicant is the husband and the co- accused has already been granted bail. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the post-mortem report and the fact that there is no allegation that soon before the death, the victim was subjected to any mental or physical harassment in relation to demand of dowry coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal history and is in custody since 23.03.2025, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prashant Vikram Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Neera Yadav Ashish Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Govt. Of U.P. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ashish Verma be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions: (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 nishant BAIL No. 8055 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench