HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 42534 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J. 1. Heard Sri Ajay Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri B.P. Maurya, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 321 of 2025, under Sections 105, 115(2), 352, 85, 351(2) BNS, Police Station Uttar, District Firozabad, during the pendency of the trial. 3. It is contended by the learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the applicant got his wife admitted in a hospital when she fell from terrace and he remained present during performance of her last rites and during inquest and her post-mortem. It is further submitted that the first informant in her testimony before the trial Court has clearly stated that her daughter fell from terrace due to slip. It is further submitted that marriage of the applicant with the deceased was solemnized twelve years before her death and three injuries have been found on the person of the deceased and the cause of death has been found due to ante-mortem injury. It is further submitted that the applicant has been languishing in jail since 28.5.2025 and he is having no criminal history. It is lastly submitted that in case the applicant is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings. 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts, however, it is submitted that the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajay Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shiv Kumar .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) applicant gave a push to his wife and she fell from the terrace and three injuries have been found on the person of the deceased and she succumbed to injuries. It is further submitted that offence as alleged is serious in nature and he is said to have killed his wife. 5. As per the allegation in the FIR, the applicant is said to have given a push to his wife from terrace as a result of which she fell and she received three injuries on her person and she succumbed to injuries. As per post- mortem report of the deceased, there are three injuries found on the person of the deceased, which are quoted below: 1. Injury No. 1: stitched wound 25 cm long on right side forehead to occipital region. 2. Injury No. 2: Traumatic swelling 15 cm x 10 cm on right side top of head with both temporal and both parietal bone fracture with hematoma present. 3. Injury No. 3: Contusion 05 cm x 04 cm on back of left ear. The applicant is said to have got his wife admitted in a hospital when she fell from terrace and he remained present during performance of her last rites and during inquest and her post-mortem. The first informant in her testimony before the trial Court has clearly stated that her daughter fell from terrace due to slip. The applicant has been languishing in jail since 28.5.2025 and he is having no criminal history. 6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of the accused and taking into account overcrowded jails and heavy pendency of criminal cases before the trial courts as well as considering the mandate of the judgement of the Apex Court in the case of Kapil Wadhawan vs Central Bureau of Investigation reported in 2025 SCC OnLine SC 3038 as well as guideline of this Court in the case of Maya Tiwari Vs. State of U.P. reported in 2024 SCC Online All 6765 regarding grant of bail and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. BAIL No. 42534 of 2025 2 7. Accordingly, the present application is ALLOWED. 8. Let the applicant- Shiv Kumar involved in the aforementioned crime be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, with the following conditions:- (i) 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. (ii) The applicant shall cooperate in the trial/investigation sincerely without seeking any adjournment. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail. (iv) The applicant shall attend in accordance with the conditions of the bond executed by him. 9. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 10. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. Verification of mobile number and Aadhaar card of the applicant as well as sureties should be verified by the court concerned. 11. It is further directed that the trial court shall send the release order to the concerned jail through Bail Order Management System (BOMS) to ensure early release of the applicant. 12. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the applicant through concerned Jail Superintendent via e-mail or e-prison portal within 24 hours in compliance of the order of the Apex Court in the case of Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail, In Re: Suo Motu Writ Petition (Crl.) No.4 of 2021 decided on 31.01.2023 reported in (2024) 10 SCC 685. BAIL No. 42534 of 2025 3 13. However, the learned trial Court is directed to expedite the trial of the case as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one year. September 9, 2026 Abhishek BAIL No. 42534 of 2025 4 (Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK AGRAHARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad