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2025 DAILYLAW 175294 (ALL)

SUMITRA DEVI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/10759/2025 · 2025-11-13

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10759 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned AGA for the State; Shri Avinash Srivastava, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicants seek enlargement on bail in FIR No.216 of 2025, under Section 80(2), 85 BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Sarojni Nagar, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged through an application under Section 173 BNSS dated 25.06.2025 it was alleged that sister of the informant was married to the son of the applicant. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed her. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is antemortem hanging. The applicants are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the postmortem report and there being no specific allegation against the applicants who are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased coupled with the fact that they do not have any criminal antecedents and are in custody since 26.07.2025, the applicants are entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicants Sumitra Devi and Sumer be released on bail in Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amit Chaudhary, Chandra Deep Kumar, Utkarsh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sumitra Devi And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) aforesaid FIR number on their furnishing a personal bond each 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. November 13, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 10759 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench