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VIRENDRA KUMAR TIWARI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

BAIL/10659/2025 · 2025-11-12

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10659 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.227 of 2025, under Section 85, 108 of BNS, Police Station Gauriganj, District Amethi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the sister of the informant was married to the applicant in the year 2014. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family harassed her for dowry because of which she committed suicide. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, was ante mortem hanging. The suicide note is on record, which indicates that she was being harassed by her in-laws and because of which she committed suicide. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the material on record, there is nothing to suggest abetment as defined under the BNS and following the law laid down in the case of Mariano Anto Bruno and another vs Inspector of Police; 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1387, 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 Virendra Kumar Tiwari be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Verma, Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Vinod Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Virendra Kumar Tiwari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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. 10659 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench