HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1419 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1.The present anticipatory bail application has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in case crime No.0300 of 2025 under sections 85, 80(2) BNS, 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Kotwali City, district Hardoi. 2.Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 3.Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the accused applicant is mother-in-law. She has been falsely implicated. Earlier, a first information report No.876 of 2024 under section 85 BNS read with section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act was registered. After that first information report, this first information report has been registered. The applicant has no concern with the death of the deceased. 4. Learned Addl. Government Advocate has opposed the prayer made by applicant's counsel and has submitted that the deceased died within seven years. It is a case of dowry death. There are five ante mortem injuries received by the deceased which are unexplained. The cause of death could not be ascertained. The viscera was preserved. No opinion has been given in the viscera report. The death is under most unnatural circumstance. No poison was found. The investigation is going on. Custodial interrogation may be necessary. It is not a case of false implication. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Navneet Awasthi, Amar Pal Singh, Gaurav Chand Kaushik Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anita Singh @ Pappi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home Govt. Lko. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 5.Considering the above aspects of the matter, perusal of the record, nature of offence, unexplained ante mortem injuries, the deceased died within seven years in an unnatural circumstance in her matrimonial house and was subjected to cruelty relating to demand of dowry and the judgment in Nikita Jagganath Shetty versus The State of Maharashtra and others Criminal Appeal No.3088 of 2025 (relevant para 18), it cannot be said that it is a false implication. The anticipatory bail is an exceptional jurisdiction. This court is not inclined to show indulgence in this case. No case for anticipatory bail is made out. It is accordingly rejected. September 26, 2025 kkb/ NABAIL No. 1419 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHNA KUMAR BARANWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench