RAJ KUMAR GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/5978/2025 · 2025-10-15
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5978 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 applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.142 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Poorakalandar, District Ayodhya.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently, on account of non- payment of dowry, she was killed by the matrimonial family. The cause of death could not be ascertained and the viscera was preserved. The applicant is the husband of the deceased.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
5. Considering the postmortem report and there being nothing specific against the applicant and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 12.03.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant Raj Kumar Gupta 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vishva Nath Pratap Singh, Anil Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Raj Kumar Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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 15, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 5978 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench