SADDAM KHAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/10955/2025 · 2025-11-15
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10955 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard Shri Virendra Kumar Bhasker, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 92 of 2025, under sections 80(2), 85 BNS, under Sections 3/4 D. P. Act, P.S. Sareni, District Raebareli. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that sister of informant had committed suicide and when informant went there apprehension was expressed that she was killed by entire matrimonial family for non payment of dowry. Cause of death as per post mortem report is ante mortem strangulation. Apart from ligature mark swelling was also seen in the skull. In the light of the said allegations, learned counsel for the applicant draws my attention to statement of victim who had also deposed that the victim had committed suicide. He further draws my attention to post mortem report wherein hyoid bone was found to be intact. On perusal of post mortem report prima facie as the hyoid bone was found to be intact material to suggest the material to link strangulation is missing. The applicant is husband. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances, however, without Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Virendra Kumar Bhasker, Abhishek Yadav, Amar Singh, Chandan Prasad, Jitendra Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Saddam Khan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 2.5.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6.
Let the applicant Saddam Khan be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- 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 15, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 10955 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench