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2025 DAILYLAW 200372 (ALL)

PHOOLMATA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

/8735/2025 · 2025-10-13

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8735 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Ashish Raman Mishra, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.211 of 2025, under Section 85, 80(2) BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Kaisarganj, District Bahraich. 3. The FIR was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant in the year 2024. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family killed her for dowry. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is asphyxia due to antemortem hanging and apart from the ligature mark, no other injury was seen on the body of the deceased. The applicant is mother-in-law of the deceased. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the postmortem report and there being nothing specific against the applicant of harassing the victim physically or mentally in relation to demand of dowry soon before her death coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 14.07.2025 and has no criminal antecedent, she is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Phoolmata be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ashish Raman Mishra Phoolmata .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) on her 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 she 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 nishant BAIL No. 8735 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench