HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10647 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.128 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 352, 351(3), 80, 85 of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Musafirkhana, District Amethi. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged through an application under Section 173(3) of BNSS, it was alleged 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, could not be ascertained and the viscera was preserved. The applicant is the mother-in-law of the deceased. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the general nature of allegation; the applicant is aged about 52 years; the postmortem report and there being nothing against the applicant to suggest that soon before her death, the victim was subjected to any physical or mental harassment in relation to any demand of dowry and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 21.08.2025, 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) : Praveen Kumar, Anand Kumar, Saroj Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Prabhawati .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Prabhawati 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: (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. November 12, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10647 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench