HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6178 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Suraj Singh, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.32 of 2025, under Section 80(2), 85, 103(1) BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Bahraich. 4. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that sister of the informant was married to the brother of the applicant and sufficient dowry was also given, however, the sister was burnt to death. Postmortem report on indicates the cause of death as superficial burn injuries. Dying declaration of the victim is also on record wherein she has made specific allegation against the applicant. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant draws my attention to the call received on No.112 wherein the deceased had stated that she was intending to commit suicide. She further argues that the informant and the relatives of the deceased have turned hostile in their statements recorded during trial. 6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the subsequent development that the informant and the relatives have turned hostile, the applicant who is in custody since Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Kumari Tiwari, Sumit Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Manoj Kumar Singh Mohit Rastogi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 20.05.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Mohit Rastogi be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of the like amount 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 25, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 6178 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench