HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9571 of 2024 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.0053 of 2024 under sections 498-A, 304B IPC and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Itaunja, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant in the year 2020. Subsequently, on account of non- payment of dowry, the entire matrimonial family had used to harass her and thereafter had killed her. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante-mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, no other injury was observed. The applicant is the husband. 4. Considering the post-mortem report and there being no specific allegation against the applicant of having caused the mental or physical harassment to the deceased soon before her death in relation to demand of dowry, the applicant who is in custody since 10.04.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Lalit Sharma be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Puneet Kumar Tiwari, Veerendra Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Lalit Sharma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home, Lko .....Opposite Party(s) 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. December 8, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 9571 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench