HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8519 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.193 of 2025 under section 80(2), 85, 103(1) BNS and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Hardi, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family used to harass her for dowry and she was done to death. 4. The counsel for the applicant draws my attention to the postmortem report which records NAD against the hyoid bone, however, it records the cause of death as antemortem strangulation and there were twelve injuries present. The applicant is the father-in-law and there are no specific allegation against the applicant of having strangulated the victim or having physically or mentally tortured her in relation to demand of dowry soon before her death. 4. Considering the age of the applicant who is around 52 years and is in custody since 02.07.2025 having no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Verma, Hari Krishna Verma, Sanjeet Kumar Patel, Sudhanshu Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Premchand Goswami .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Let the applicant Premchand Goswami 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: (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. 8519 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench