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2025 DAILYLAW 195657 (ALL)

SMT. NEELAM CHAUHAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/11279/2025 · 2025-11-21

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11279 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 161 of 2025, under Sections 80(2), 85 B.N.S and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. - Umaribegumganj, District- Gonda 4. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the the daughter of the informant was married, subsequently the entire matrimonial family used to harass her and thereafter, she was burnt to death. The cause of death as per the post mortem report is ante-mortem burn injuries. 5. The contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is the wife of the brother-in-law of the deceased and she has a separate living, as is also stated by the informant himself in his statement, which is on record as Annexure No. 4. The applicant is in custody since 20.09.2025, having no previous criminal antecedent, therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 6. Learned A.G.A has opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the material on record; the fact that no allegations have been levelled in the F.I.R against the applicant, who was having a separate living, the fact that the applicant is a lady and is in custody since 20.09.2025 having no criminal antecedents, therefore, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Smt. Neelam Chauhan be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Kumar Misra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Smt. Neelam Chauhan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 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. November 21, 2025 DiVYa BAIL No. 11279 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench