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PANKAJ YADAV @ ANURAG KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/6579/2025 · 2025-10-07

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6579 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.135 of 2025 under section 85, 80(2) BNS and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Baddupur, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant on 19.02.2025 and despite giving sufficient dowry, more dowry was being demanded and on 04.05.2025, she died on account of hanging. The postmortem report on record indicates the cause of death as antemortem hanging. 4. Considering the fact that the co-accused have been enlarged on bail and the cause of death is antemortem hanging without any injury on the body, the applicant who is in custody since 07.05.2025 having no criminal history except one which is minor offence under section 323, 504, 506, 147, is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Pankaj Yadav @ Anurag Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shailendra Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pankaj Yadav @ Anurag Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 7, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 6579 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench