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2025 DAILYLAW 195869 (ALL)

NAVNEET v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO

BAIL/5312/2025 · 2025-11-14

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5312 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 applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.40 of 2025, under Section 69, 108, 352 BNS, P.S. Nigoha, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant aged about 20 years had committed suicide as the applicant was forming physical relations with her on false pretext of marriage. Cause of death is antemortem hanging. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the aforesaid, no material exists to suggest abetment as defined under the BNS. As such, considering the law as laid down in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and Anr. v. Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1387, the applicant who is in custody since 28.02.2025 is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Navneet be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Syed Mohammad Abuzar Zaidi, Atul Kumar Trivedi, Javed Khan, Rajesh Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Eshan Kumar Gupta Navneet .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko .....Opposite Party(s) (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. November 14, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 5312 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench