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2025 DAILYLAW 200371 (ALL)

GIRDHAR NARAIN TANDON v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

/8753/2025 · 2025-10-13

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8753 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State, Shri Pawan Srivastava, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.275 of 2025, under Sections 80(2) B.N.S. and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, P.S. Thakurganj, District Lucknow 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that the FIR in question was lodged alleging that the sister of the informant was married to the son of the applicant. She was harassed by matrimonial family for non payment of dowry. Subsequently she committed suicide on 22.5.2025. The application herein is father in law. 4. Learned AGA and learned counsel for the informant have opposed the bail application. 5. Considering that the victim died by suicide at her own parental home and there being nothing specific against the applicant of having caused the mental or physical harassment to the deceased soon before her death in relation to demand of dowry, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 5.6.2025 and have no criminal history except the FIR lodged by the family of the informant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amritesh Kumar Tripathi, Parth Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Parvez Ahmad Siddiqui, Pawan Srivastava, Suraj Kumar Verma Girdhar Narain Tandon .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Girdhar Narain Tandon 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 13, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 8753 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench