SAURABH KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/6973/2025 · 2025-10-07
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6973 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.114 No.2025 under section 85, 80(2) BNS and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Neemgaon, District Lakhimpur Kheri.
3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the sister of the informant was married to the applicant on 06.02.2024 and sufficient dowry was also given, however, there were constant demands for dowry and on 06.04.2025, the sister of the informant was killed by the matrimonial family. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report is ante-mortem hanging.
4. Considering the said postmortem report and the fact that the co-accused have been enlarged on bail, the applicant who is the husband and is in jail since 09.04.2025 having no criminal history, is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Saurabh Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) 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; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Nagendra Pratap Singh, Punit Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ravi Prakash, Sukhveer Singh Saurabh Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home 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. October 7, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 6973 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench