HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8230 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 FIR No.44 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2), 115(2), 352, 351(3), 351(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Motiganj, District Gonda. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant five years ago. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed by the entire matrimonial family. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. The co-accused mother-in-law and the father-in-law have been enlarged on bail vide orders dated 15.07.2025 and 24.07.2025 respectively. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the postmortem report indicating no injury except for 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 04.04.2025 and the motherin-law and father-in-law have been enlarged on bail, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vedika Dwivedi, Himanshu Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Arun Kumar Shukla .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Arun Kumar Shukla 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. November 11, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 8230 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench