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2025 DAILYLAW 184278 (ALL)

RAVI KUMAR VERMA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/5875/2025 · 2025-11-07

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5875 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.0203 of 2024 under sections 85, 80(2), 352 BNS and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Mawai, District Ayodhya. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the niece of the informant was married to the applicant and sufficient dowry was also given, however on account of non-payment of dowry, the entire matrimonial family had killed her. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante-mortem hanging. The applicant is the husband. The co-accused were enlarged on bail by the trial court. 4. Considering the post-mortem report and there being no specific allegation against the applicant of having caused the mental or physical harassment to the deceased soon before her death in relation to demand of dowry, the applicant who is in custody since 29.01.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Ravi Kumar Verma be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sushil Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ravi Kumar Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 7, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 5875 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench