ANSHIKA @ PRITI SONI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/6302/2025 · 2025-10-16
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6302 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.204 of 2025 under section 108 BNS, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Rae Bareli. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the son of the informant used to stay separately along with his wife and they used to fight on various occasions because of which, the son of the informant was disturbed. Subsequently, he was allegedly beaten by the matrimonial family because of which, he consumed poison and died. The cause of death could not be ascertained and the viscera report is still awaited. 4. Considering the allegations in the FIR, there is no material to suggest abetment at the instance of applicant, who is the wife of the deceased, as defined under the Act and in view of the law 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 13.05.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Anshika @ Priti Soni be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suvivek Bajpai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Praveen Kumar Pandey, Sachin Verma Anshika @ Priti Soni .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 16, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 6302 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench