HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4361 of 2024 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.251 of 2023, under Section 498A, 304B IPC & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Nawabganj, District Gonda. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed her. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is asphyxia due to antemortem hanging. The applicant is husband of the deceased. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the fact that the applicant is the husband and there is nothing on record to demonstrate that soon before her death the victim was harassed mentally or physically at the instance of the applicant in relation to demand of dowry, the applicant who has no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 31.05.2023 is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Suneel 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Kumar Shukla, Upendra Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Abhimanyu Singh, Divya Singh Suneel Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 27, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 4361 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench