KHUSHBEEN AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/8504/2025 · 2025-10-07
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8504 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Counter Affidavit is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA and perused the record.
3. The accused-applicants seek bail in FIR/Case Crime No.356 of 2025 under sections 85, 80(2) BNS, 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Padhua, District Kheri.
4. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicants around two years ago and used to harass her for dowry. Subsequently, she was killed by the entire matrimonial family. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is antemortem strangulation. It is stated that there is no direct allegation against the applicants who are mother in law and father in law.
5. Considering the age of the applicants being 62 and 64 years respectively coupled with the fact that the applicants are in custody since 23.07.2025 having no criminal history, they are entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed.
6. Let the applicants Khushbeen and Annu 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 to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Adarsh Shukla, Prince Singh, Rajiv Raman Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Khushbeen And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
(a) The applicants shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicants shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicants 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 7, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 8504 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench