HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13009 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Amit Kumar, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.322 of 2024, under Section 80(2), 85 BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Kachauna, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant and subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed her for dowry. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, no other injury was observed. Applicant is husband of the deceased and co-accused have been enlarged on bail. 4. Learned counsel for the informant states that it is a case of murder, however, the applicant is not being prosecuted for the offence under Section 302 IPC/103(1) BNS. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the postmortem report and there being nothing on record to demonstrate that soon before her death the victim was harassed mentally or physically at the instance of the applicant in relation to demand of dowry, Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vineet Kumar Mishra, Yagyavesh Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Amit Kumar, Sagun Chandra Rastogi Pradeep .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) the applicant who is in custody since 30.08.2024 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Pradeep 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. October 31, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 13009 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench