HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8779 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.74 of 2025, under Section 108 of BNS, Police Station Khargoopur, District Gonda. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant on 28.04.2025. It was also alleged that she was beaten up by the applicant and therefore she committed suicide. There is no suicide note on record. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is ante mortem hanging. The applicant is the husband of the deceased. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the postmortem report and there being no material to suggest abetment at the instance of the applicant; the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is in custody since 01.05.2025 and also considering the law laid down in the case of Patel Babubhai Manohardas and others vs State of Gujarat: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 288, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Shahid Ali be released on bail in the abovesaid first Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shashank Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shahid Ali .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each 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 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 14, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 8779 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench