HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9856 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.347 of 2025 under section 107 BNS, P.S. Kotwali Nanpara, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant and subsequently, on account of harassment and non-payment of dowry, it was stated that the victim committed suicide. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is antemortem hanging. 4. Considering the postmortem report and there being no material to suggest abetment as defined under the Act and as explained in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs. Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC Online SC 1387, the applicant who is in custody since 20.07.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Smt. Khushnuma 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) : Firoz Ahmad Khan, Abdul Alim Khan, Mohd. Vakar Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Smt. Khushnuma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....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 14, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 9856 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench