USHA DEVI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
NABAIL/1683/2025 · 2025-11-13
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1683 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. No one appears on behalf of the informant despite service of notice.
2. The present application has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in FIR No.369 of 2025, under Sections 85, 80(2) BNS and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Mallawan, District Hardoi.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant. Subsequently the entire matrimonial family killed her for demand of dowry. The applicant is mother in law having two children to take care of. The cause of death as per post mortem report is ante mortem hanging.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail prayer.
5. Considering the aforesaid submission, the applicant is entitled for anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is allowed.
6. In the event of arrest, let the applicant Usha Devi be released on anticipatory bail in the abovesaid first information report number till conclusion of the trial on her furnishing personal bonds and two reliable Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Archana Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Usha Devi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
sureties of Rs.5000/- 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 she 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. (d) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. November 13, 2025 J. K. Dinkar NABAIL No. 1683 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench