HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8026 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 174 of 2025, under sections 103(1) BNS, P.S. Maigalganj, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant around 9 years ago and they were also blessed with a child. It is stated that the applicant who is the husband used to send the daughter on various occasions to home as she was unwell and on 2.6.2025 when the victim was at the home of applicant she went out and subsequently her body was recovered. It was suspected that the applicant had committed the offence. Cause of death as per post mortem report is ante mortem throttling. Contusion on front and both side of neck, below chin and abrasion injuries were seen. There are no eye witness to the incident. The applicant was linked with the offence based upon a suspicion expressed in the FIR. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the fact that there is no eye witness to the incident and the applicant has been linked based upon dispute in between the parties and there being no specific assertion against the applicant, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 6.6.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Tribhuvan Narai Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Devendra Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Govt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Devendra Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of 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. December 12, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 8026 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench