PREMCHANDRA GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO
BAIL/5738/2025 · 2025-10-08
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5738 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard Shri Pankaj Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.
2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 20 of 2025, under Sections 85, 80(2) of BNS and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Phardhan, District Lakhimpur Kheri.
3. It is argued by learned counsel for the applicant that in terms of the FIR it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant in the year 2022. Subsequently she was killed for demand of dowry. The post mortem report on record indicate the cause of death as Cardio Respiratory Arrest.
4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.
5. Considering the post mortem report coupled with the fact that the applicant is the father in law aged about 60 years and has no criminal history, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant Premchandra Gupta 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) : Dileep Kumar Yadav, Aman Agarwal, Pankaj Kumar Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Premchandra Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. 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 8, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 5738 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench