HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9520 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 FIR No.24 of 2025, under Section 85, 80 of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Musafirkhana, District Amethi. 3. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant as a love marriage on 04.07.2025 and subsequently, the entire matrimonial family stated demanding dowry and because of the same, the daughter committed suicide. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, no other injury was observed. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the FIR version and the fact that there was a love marriage in between the applicant and the deceased and nothing on record against the applicant to suggest that soon before her death, the victim was subjected to any physical or mental harassment in relation to any demand of dowry coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 04.02.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Utkarsh Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shiv Mangal @ Mangal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home U.P. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Shiv Mangal @ Mangal 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. December 11, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9520 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench