HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9656 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.98 of 2024, under Section 302, 201, 34 of IPC, P.S. Sonwa, District Shrawasti. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that son of the informant was married to the daughter of the applicant and there used to be a lot of fight in between them and on 08.05.2024 when her son had gone for taking back his wife, he was beaten up by the entire matrimonial family and was hanged with a Saree on a tree just to show that it was a case of suicide. Subsequently, the postmortem report was conducted and cause of death was ascertained as ante mortem head injury. The postmortem took place at 02:40 PM on 09.05.2024 whereas the inquest was done at 03:38 PM on 09.05.2024 wherein it was recorded that body was lowered from the tree. 4. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is mother-in-law of the deceased and no specific allegations have been levelled against the applicant. The applicant is in custody since 10.05.2024 and has no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the fact that the postmortem was done prior to inquest, there Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhishek Singh, Anuj Kumar Gupta, Dharmendra Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Nandini .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) being no allegation against the applicant of having caused the alleged injury resulting into death and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedent, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Nandini be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on her furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of the like amount 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. October 9, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9656 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench