GEETA DEVI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
NABAIL/1654/2025 · 2025-11-06
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1654 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and Shri Vivek Shukla, Advocate who has filed Vakalant on behalf of opposite party no.2, which is taken on record.
2. The applicants seeks anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in Case Crime/FIR No. 218 of 2025, under Sections 80(2), 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Police Station - Sadarpur, District Sitapur.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that in terms of the FIR it was alleged that the sister of the informant was married with the son of the applicants two years ago. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family killed her sister for dowry. As per post mortem report, cause of death is ante-mortem hanging. The applicants are mother-in-law and father-in-law of the applicant, respectively.
4. Learned AGA and Shri Vivek Shukla, learned counsel for opposite party no.2 have opposed the anticipatory bail application.
5. Considering post-mortem report, prima facie, case of anticipatory bail is made out. The present application for anticipatory bail is accordingly allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Harendra Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Geeta Devi And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
6. In the event of arrest, let the applicants - Geeta Devi and Ram Kumar be released on anticipatory bail till filing of the charge-sheet in aforesaid FIR number on their furnishing a personal bond of Rs.5,000/- to the satisfaction of Station House Officer concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicants shall make themselves available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required and will co-operate with the investigation; (b) The applicants shall not leave India without previous permission of the Court; (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; November 6, 2025 Mohit Singh/- NABAIL No. 1654 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHIT SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench