HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10177 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in S.T. No.469 of 2024 arising out of FIR No.298 of 2024, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Haidrabad, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the sister of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed by throttling. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem throttling. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. 4. It is argued by the Counsel for the applicant that six witnesses have already been examined and the applicant is in custody since 26.09.2024 and has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the fact that all the fact witnesses have been examined coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 26.09.2024 and there is nothing on record to demonstrate that the applicant, if enlarged on bail, would in any way adversely affect the trial as the recoveries have already been effected, I Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Niteesh Kumar, Rajeev Narayan Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rajnish Kumar @ Maishi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Rajnish Kumar @ Maishi be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each 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. November 6, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10177 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench