HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10140 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.338 of 2023, under Sections 498A, 304B, 302 IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Shahabad, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently, on account of non- payment of dowry, she was killed. It is also alleged that the body of the deceased was found in the sugar cane field. 4. The Counsel for the applicant argues that the death of the deceased was occurred in the house of her parents. The cause of death as per the postmortem is ante mortem strangulation. The applicant is in custody since 30.06.2023 and has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the pretrial detention suffered by the applicant for more than two years; the deceased was died at her parents home coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 30.06.2023, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anita, Aditya Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Parvesh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Let the applicant Parvesh 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: (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 28, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10140 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench