MAHZABEEN BANO v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/9954/2025 · 2025-10-15
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9954 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State as well as Mr. Pintoo Kumar and Mr. Ravindra Yadav, learned counsel for the informant, whose vakalatnama filed today is taken on record.
2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.187 of 2025 under Sections 80(2), 85 BNS and Section 3/4 of DP Act, P.S.- Musafirkhana District- Amethi.
3. Contention of the learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is the sister-in-law and the co-accused, who is the father-in-law has already been granted bail vide order dated 14.10.2025.
4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.
5. Considering the fact that there are no specific allegation against the applicant of causing death on account of the strangulation as indicated in the post-mortem report and ground of parity coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 17.07.2025 and has no previous criminal antecedent, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant- Mahzabeen Bano be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Faizal Hashmi, Zoheb Ahmad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mahzabeen Bano .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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 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 her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence.
October 15, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 9954 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench