AMAN @ SHANU GUPTA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
/4872/2025 · 2025-10-14
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4872 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.243 of 2024, under Sections 85, 80(2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Mitauli, District Lakhimpuri.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the sister of the informant was married to the applicant on 21.06.2020. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was 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 nothing against the applicant and the fact that the applicant is languishing in jail since 01.08.2025, 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 Aman @ Shanu Gupta be released on bail in the abovesaid first 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Verma, Arvind Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Atul Kumar Aman @ Shanu Gupta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. 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 akverma BAIL No. 4872 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench