HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9749 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 Avnish Kumar Tiwari, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of Informant. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.167 of 2025, under Section 80 (2), 85 of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Sandana, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the sister of the informant was married to the son of the applicant five years ago and subsequently, it was informed that she was killed allegedly on account of non-payment of dowry. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is ante mortem throttling. There are six injuries on the body of the deceased. 4. The Counsel for the informant argues that the victim was beaten badly prior to her death. 5. Learned A.G.A. also opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the allegations to be levelled against the entire matrimonial family and there being nothing specific against the applicant, who is mother-in-law coupled with the fact that the applicant is aged about 62 years and presently staying along with two and a half years old child belonging to the deceased and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is in custody since 23.06.2025, I am of the view Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : S.K. Singhaniya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shivkali .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Shivkali be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on her 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 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. October 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9749 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench