HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12824 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 S.T. No.1581 of 2025 arising out of FIR No.421 of 2025, under Section 85, 80 of BNS and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Kotwali Nagar, District Raebareli. 3. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that the sister of the informant was married to the applicant around six years ago. The marriage was a court marriage and after marriage, she used to visit her parental home and subsequently, she was found dead and the allegations were levelled that on account of non-payment of dowry, the entire matrimonial family had killed her. The cause of death as per the postmortem report is ante mortem hanging and apart from ligature mark, no other injury was observed. The deceased was found hanged at a place distinct from the home of the applicant. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the the fact that even as per the FIR, it was a love marriage and prima facie, the allegation of demand of dowry soon before death or harassment at the instance of the applicant is apparently missing and the postmortem report indicating no injury except for ligature mark coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Avdhesh Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Akash .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) languishing in jail since 19.09.2025, 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 Akash 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. December 18, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12824 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench