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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:91936 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 18394 of 2025 Applicant :- Geeta Saroj Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Diwakar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J.
1. Heard Sri Diwakar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Santosh Pandey, learned Brief Holder for the State-respondent. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 133 of 2024, under Section 108 BNS, Police Station Dhata, District Fatehpur, during pendency of the trial in the court below. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that however, applicant is wife of the deceased and as per allegation, she was having illicit relationship with another accused, therefore, her husband committed suicide but entire allegation levelled against the applicant is totally false. 4. He further submitted that even if applicant was having illicit relationship with some other person and due this reason, her husband committed suicide then also it cannot be said that due to her abetment, he committed suicide. 5. He further submitted that applicant is lady and she is having no criminal history and she is in jail in the present matter since 29.8.2024 i.e. for last more than 9 months. 6. Per contra, learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the arguments on facts advanced by learned counsel for the applicant. 7. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 8. Considering the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the applicant and nature of allegations levelled against the applicant
and the fact that applicant is lady, she is having no criminal history and she is in jail in the present matter since 29.8.2024 i.e. for last more than 9 months, in my view, applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 9. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant-Geeta Saroj, be released on bail in the aforesaid case on 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 appear before the trial court on the dates fixed, unless her personal presence is exempted.
(ii) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade her from disclosing such facts to the Court or any police officer or tamper with the evidence. (iii) The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal and anti-social activity. 11. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the prosecution will be at liberty to move an application before this Court for cancellation of the bail of the applicant. 12. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. Order Date :- 28.5.2025 Ankita Digitally signed by :- ANKITA SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad