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2025 DAILYLAW 197736 (ALL)

MOHIT KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRINCIPAL SECY. HOME CIVIL SECRETT. LUCKNOW

BAIL/4736/2023 · 2025-10-17

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4736 of 2023 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.311 of 2021 under section 498-A, 304B IPC and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Gosaiganj, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed her. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is antemortem hanging. 4. The report from the trial court indicates that only three prosecution witnesses have been examined. The applicant is in custody since 07.07.2021. 5. Considering the report and the fact that the postmortem report does not directly implicate the applicant, coupled with the fact that the co-accused has been enlarged on bail, the applicant having no criminal history is also entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Mohit Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhishek Tiwari, Ajay Rajput, Anuj Kumar Awasthi, Sachida Nand, Shanker Lal Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohit Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Principal Secy. Home Civil Secrett. Lucknow .....Opposite Party(s) sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 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 17, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 4736 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench