AMARNATH @ AMARNATH KANNAUJIYA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.
BAIL/10193/2025 · 2025-10-28
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10193 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 applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.151 of 2024, under Section 80(2), 85 BNS & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Mawai, District Ayodhya.
3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant had done love marriage with the applicant. Subsequently, the applicant had hanged her to death. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is antemortem hanging. The applicant is husband of the victim.
4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.
5. Considering the postmortem report and there being nothing on record to demonstrate that soon before her death the victim was harassed mentally or physically at the instance of the applicant in relation to demand of dowry, the applicant who is in custody since 07.09.2024 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant Amarnath @ Amarnath Kannaujiya be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akash Tiwari, Arpit Dwivedi, Shivam Srivastava, Subhash Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Amarnath @ Amarnath Kannaujiya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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 nishant BAIL No. 10193 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench