HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1588 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 Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The present application has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest 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 Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the one of the accused and subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed her for dowry. The applicant is the sister- in-law (Jethani) of the deceased. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is ante mortem hanging and except for ligature mark, no other injury was noticed. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the bald allegations levelled and the apprehension of arrest, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled for the benefit of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is allowed . Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sumit Chauhan, Ashutosh Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Puja .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 6. In the event of arrest, let the applicant Puja be released on anticipatory bail in the abovesaid first information report number till submission of the charge-sheet on his furnishing personal bond and sureties of Rs.10,000/- to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer concerned with the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required and will co-operate with investigation; (ii) 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 and (iii) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. October 30, 2025 akverma NABAIL No. 1588 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench