HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13343 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. 354 of 2024 under sections 80, 85 BNS and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Loni Katra, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant and sufficient dowry was also given, subsequently, the applicant had killed her for dowry. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante-mortem hanging. The applicant is the husband. 4. The report of the trial court indicates that only PW-1 has been examined so far. 5. Considering the trial court report as well as 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 07.10.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Phool Chandra be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her furnishing a personal bond and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suresh Kumar Yadav, Rahul Singh Rana Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Veer Bahadur Yadav Phool Chandra .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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. October 29, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 13343 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench