HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11992 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 S.T. No.1129 of 2025 arising out of FIR No.86 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Mahanagar, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant in the year 2021 and sufficient dowry was given. However, non-payment of dowry, the deceased was being harassed by the entire matrimonial family and was subsequently hanged to death. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, no other injury was observed. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. 4. In terms of the FIR, the deceased had gone to the police station regarding the complaint of harassment one day prior to the date of death i.e. 13.04.2025. The statement of the police authorities on record indicates that on 13.04.2025, the victim had come and had complaint that she had altercation with the applicant that he was not getting her the slippers that she wanted and the applicant had gone there and had assured to get her slippers. The said demand of slippers at the instance of the wife cannot be termed as a dowry as has been projected in the FIR. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amit Singh, Umesh Chandra Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ravi Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the statement of the police authorities; the postmortem report indicating no injury except 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 16.04.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ravi Verma 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 2, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 11992 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench