HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3604 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 99 of 2025 under Sections 80(2) and 85 BNS and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Sandi, District Hardoi. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently on account of demand of dowry the daughter was killed. The cause of death as per postmortem report is ante mortem hanging. It is argued that the co-accused Sonpal and Manorama enlarged on bail vide orders dated 23.4.2025 and 24.4.2025 passed in Criminal Misc Bail Application No. 3413 of 2025 and Criminal Misc Bail Application No. 3445 of 2025 respectively. 5. Learned counsel for the informant states that on the basis of photographs the cause of death cannot be ante mortem hanging. However the matter is to be decided during trial. 6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the fact that the postmortem report indicate the cause of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajeet Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Mahi Pal Singh Ankul @ Ankur .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Of U.P. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) death as ante mortem injury, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in custody since 22.2.2025 and have no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Ankul @ Ankur 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. October 8, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 3604 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench