SHIV PATI @ SHUSHILA DEVI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. HOME LKO.
BAIL/11913/2025 · 2025-12-05
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11913 of 2025
Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA and perused the record.
2. The applicants sees enlargement on bail in FIR No.218 of 2025, under Section 80(2), 85 BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Unchahar, District Raebareli.
3. In terms of the FIR lodged through an application under Section 173(4) BNSS dated 18.09.2025 it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicants in the year 2020 and subsequently, she was being harassed for dowry and on 19.08.2024 she was found dead. Cause of death as per the viscera report is presence of insecticides. The applicants herein are mother-in-law and father-in-law.
4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.
5. Considering the FIR and there being no statement specifically against them of having caused physical or mental harassment in relation to demand of dowry soon before her death, the applicants who are in custody since 06.09.2025 are entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed.
6. Let the applicants Shiv Pati @ Shushila Devi & Ausan be released on Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Syed Zulfiqar Husain Naqvi, Laxmi Kant Srivastava, Shishir Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shiv Pati @ Shushila Devi And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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 applicants shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicants shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which they are accused or suspected of the commission; and (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. December 5, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11913 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench