SHIVA VERMA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/9597/2025 · 2025-10-08
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9597 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Ms. Priya Singh who appears for the informant as well as learned AGA and perused the record.
2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.138 of 2025 under section 108 BNS, P.S. Sangipur, District Pratapgarh.
3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that on 28.07.2025, the daughter of the informant was called by the applicant who were in affair and subsequently she was found dead. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, could not be ascertained. The FSL Report has also not come.
4. Considering the facts as narrated in the FIR and the postmortem report, there appears to be no material to link the applicant for the abetment of the offence. Thus, considering the law as explained in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs. Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC Online SC 1387, the applicant who is in custody since 06.08.2025 is entitled for the bail. The bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Shiva Verma be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rajat Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shiva Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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 VNP/- BAIL No. 9597 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench