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SAVITA SONKAR @ RAJ KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER

NABAIL/1422/2025 · 2025-10-07

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1422 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 perused the record. 2. The present application has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in FIR No.592 of 2025, under Section 115(2), 191(2), 108 BNS, Police Station Kotwali, District Unnao. 3. The submission of the Counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is aged about 71 years and in terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the son of the informant, who was married to the daughter of the applicant, used to tortured by the matrimonial family and as such, the son of the informant committed suicide by hanging. The postmortem report on record indicates that the cause of death is ante mortem injury. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the allegations in the FIR, prima facie, abetment for implicating the applicant with the offence under Section 108 of BNS are apparently missing and also considering the age of the applicant, the applicant is entitled for the benefit of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Gulam Mustafa Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Savita Sonkar @ Raj Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 7. In the event of arrest, let the applicant Savita Sonkar alias Raj Kumar be released on anticipatory bail in the abovesaid first information report number till submission of the charge-sheet on his furnishing personal bonds to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer concerned with the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required and will co-operate with investigation; (ii) 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 and (iii) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. October 7, 2025 akverma NABAIL No. 1422 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench