HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 393 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.110 of 2023, under Section 302, 34, 498A IPC, P.S. Inhauna, District Amethi. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant and subsequently, she was being harassed by the matrimonial family, however, information was received on 16.09.2023 that she was killed. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is 17 antemortem injuries. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that co-accused who is mother-in-law against whom similar allegations were levelled has been enlarged on bail vide order dated 04.09.2022. It is further argued that the applicant has four children who are less than 13 years of age. The applicant has no criminal antecedents and is in custody since 18.09.2023. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the submissions made at the Bar and the fact that the applicant is in custody since 18.09.2023, only four witnesses have been examined so far and there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in the near future coupled with the fact that the applicant has four children to look Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dilip Kumar Pandey, Ashwini Kumar Gupta, Sheo Prakash Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Meraj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) after, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Meraj be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 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 13, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 393 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench