RAVI KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/9723/2025 · 2025-10-10
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9723 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.454 of 2025, under Sections 108, 351(3) of BNS, Police Station Gola, District Lakhimpur Kheri.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was in relationship with the applicant and subsequently, on account of instigation, she committed suicide. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is ante mortem hanging, as disclosed in paragraph 16 of the bail application.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
5. Considering the nature of the allegations levelled in the FIR and the abetment as defined in the BNSS Act is apparently missing and also considering the law laid down in the case of in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1387 coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 31.07.2025, 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 Ravi Kumar be released on bail in the abovesaid first Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Adarsh Kumar Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ravi Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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. 9723 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench