HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1786 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.450 of 2024 under sections 74, 108 BNS and section 7/8 POCSO Act, P.S. Sandana, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the applicant used to misbehave with the daughter of the informant because of which she committed suicide. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is antemortem hanging. 4. Considering the material on record, prima-facie, no material exists to suggest abetment at the instance of the applicant as defined under the BNS Act and as explained in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs. Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC Online SC 1387, as such, the applicant who is in custody since 29.11.2024 and has explained the criminal history, he is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Sanjay 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) : Ashok Kumar Singh Tomar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Arsh Bugga, Surya Prakash Sanjay .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko And 3 Others .....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 15, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 1786 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench