SMT. NEELAM TIWARI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/8306/2025 · 2025-10-16
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8306 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.266 of 2025, under Sections 80(2), 85, 115(2), 352 of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Ram Nagar, District Barabanki.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the daughter of the informant was married to the son of the applicant. Subsequently, on account of non-payment of dowry, she was killed by the matrimonial family. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging. The applicant is the mother-in-law of the deceased.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
5. Considering the postmortem report and there being nothing specific against the applicant and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 08.06.2025, 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 Smt. Neelam Tiwari be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on her 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) : Suresh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ram Saran Awasthi Smt. Neelam Tiwari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. 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 16, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 8306 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench