HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10675 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 Sri Rajat Awasthi, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of complainant. The Vakaltnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.342 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Bhira, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the brother of the applicant. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed by the entire matrimonial family. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging. The applicant is the brother-in-law of the deceased. The co- accused Puja has been granted the benefit of anticipatory bail vide order dated 30.10.2025. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the postmortem report indicating no injury except for ligature mark 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 coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 22.09.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sumit Chauhan, Ashutosh Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ajay .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ajay 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 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10675 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench