HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9596 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Dhananjay Trivedi 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.0362 of 2025 under section 108 BNS, P.S. Kotwali Dehat, District Hardoi. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the applicant and the co- accused used to blackmail the son of the informant who was aged about 22 years and on account of the said blackmailing, he committed suicide. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report is antemortem hanging. 4. A perusal of the material on record does not indicate any material to suggest abetment at the instance of the applicant apart from the alleged blackmailing. 5. Considering the law as explained in the case of the Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs. Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC Online SC 1387, the applicant who is lady having no criminal history and is in custody since 30.07.2025 is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Soni 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Krishna Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Soni .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. U.P. .....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 VNP/- BAIL No. 9596 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench