HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9658 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 for the State; Shri Brijesh Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the complainant and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.276 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Sandi, District Hardoi. 4. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant aged about 27 years was married to the applicant on 06.02.2024 and sufficient dowry was also given, however, the entire matrimonial family used to harass her for dowry and subsequently, she was killed by the entire matrimonial family. The postmortem report on record indicates the cause of death as asphyxia due to ante mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, no other injury was observed on the body of the deceased. 5. Learned counsel for the complainant opposes the bail application by arguing that the manner in which the body was found cannot be caused by hanging. 6. Irrespective of the said argument, the postmortem report which is a part of the charge-sheet indicates the cause of death as ante mortem hanging without any other reason, as such, a case for bail is made out and the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Krishna Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mona Singh @ Monu Kashyap .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) applicant, who is in custody since 12.06.2025 and has no criminal antecedent, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Mona Singh @ Monu Kashyap 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. 8. However, the trial Court shall endeavour to conclude the hearing expeditiously without giving any unnecessary adjournment. October 9, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9658 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench