ARJUN YADAV v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/2096/2025 · 2025-10-27
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2096 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.225 of 2024, under Sections 498A, 304-B IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Kotwali Bhinga, District Shrawasti.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed by the matrimonial family. In the postmortem report, the cause of death could not be ascertained and the viscera was preserved. In the viscera Chlorpyrifos was found.
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 and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 20.10.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed .
6. Let the applicant Arjun Yadav be released on bail in the abovesaid first Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Raja Babu Gupta, Lakkhi Chand Tyagi, Manjul Kumar Pathak, Shiv Shanker Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Arjun Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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. October 27, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 2096 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench