PREETI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHER
/979/2025 · 2025-10-14
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 979 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard Ms. Soumya Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record.
2. The present application has been filed under Section 482 of BNSS seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in FIR No.0126 of 2025, under Sections 108, 352, 351(2) BNS, Police Station Sohramau, District - Unnao.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the brother of the informant was being harassed by his wife, because of which, he committed suicide. The postmortem report on record indicates that the cause of death is ante mortem drowning. In the FIR, it was also alleged that on various occasions, he was asked to commit suicide.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
5. Considering the allegations in the FIR, as well as post-mortem report, in which, there is nothing specific against the applicant who is the wife of the deceased, prima facie, abetment for implicating the applicant with the offence under Section 108 of BNS are apparently missing and the applicant is entitled for the benefit of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the anticipatory Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bhuvan Dwivedi, Dharmendra Kumar, Soumya Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Laxmi Shanker Goswami, Vinay Mishra Preeti .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
bail application is allowed.
6. In the event of arrest, let the applicant- Preeti be released on anticipatory bail in the abovesaid first information report number till submission of the charge-sheet on her furnishing personal bonds to the satisfaction of the Investigating Officer concerned with the following conditions:
(i) The applicant shall make herself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required and will co-operate with investigation;
(ii) 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 and
(iii) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. October 14, 2025 V. Sinha NABAIL No. 979 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench