HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12200 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 Sri Iqbal Ahmad, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of complainant and perused the record. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.289 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Kotwali Nanpara, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant to the applicant in the year 2024 and subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed for dowry. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, two contusions were seen on the left arm and skull which according to the applicant was caused while lowering the body. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the postmortem report 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 27.06.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pravin Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mithlesh Lodh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) . 6. Let the applicant Mithlesh Lodh 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. December 9, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12200 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench