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2025 DAILYLAW 197740 (ALL)

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

BAIL/9724/2025 · 2025-10-10

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9724 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and Aman Kumar Srivastava, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of complainant. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.123 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Majhgai, District Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the sister of the informant was married to the applicant and subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed by the matrimonial family. The cause of death could not be ascertained in the postmortem report and the viscera was preserved. 4. It is argued by the Counsel for the applicant that the mother-in-law and the father-in-law have been enlarged on bail vide orders on record. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the postmortem report indicating no injury except for ligature mark and there being nothing against the applicant to suggest that soon before her death, the victim was subjected to any physical or mental harassment in relation to any demand of dowry coupled with the fact that Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amit Kumar Awasthi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kabir Ahmad .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) the applicant is languishing in jail since 01.06.2025 and the criminal history has been duly explained, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . 7. Let the applicant Kabir Ahmad be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- 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; (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 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9724 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench