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2025 DAILYLAW 177504 (ALL)

ANURAG SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO

/11282/2025 · 2025-11-19

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11282 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Sri PDS Rana, learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and Sri Amit Pandey, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of complainant. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case No.86480 of 2025, FIR No.351 of 2025, under Sections 80(2), 85 of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station P.G.I., District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant around two years ago. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, the applicant and his mother were killed by the matrimonial family. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging and apart from ligature mark no other injury was noted. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. 4. Learned A.G.A. as well as learned Counsel for the complainant vehemently opposed the bail prayer by arguing that the applicant is the husband and is not entitled for bail. 5. Considering the postmortem report and there being nothing 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Dheer Singh Rana, Bal Keshwar Srivastava, Jyoti Singh Rana, Vineet Newton Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anurag Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko .....Opposite Party(s) and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 17.07.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . 6. Let the applicant Anurag Singh 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 19, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 11282 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench