Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:112228 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 24119 of 2025 Applicant :- Ramadevi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Satish Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Satish Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Arun Kumar Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 207 of 2025 (S.T. No. 117 of 2025), under Sections 115(2), 352, 80, 85 of BNS and Sections 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station - Kotwali, District - Mainpuri, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is the mother-in-law (saas) of the deceased person and has been falsely implicated in the present case. There is a demand of dowry of Rs. One Lakh but general and omnibus allegations have been made against all the accused persons including the applicant. 5. Learned counsel has also stated that the cause of death of deceased has been found to be asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem hanging. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 24.04.2025 and she is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, she will not misuse the liberty of bail. 6. Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant and also the fact that the applicant has no criminal history. 7. The Supreme Court in the case of Kahkashan Kausar @ Sonam Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2022(6) SCC 599 has categorically stated that the Courts should be careful in proceeding against the distant relatives in crimes pertaining to matrimonial disputes and dowry deaths. The relatives of the husband should not be roped in on the basis of omnibus allegations unless specific instances of their involvement in the crime are made out. 8. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, nature of offence and also considering the judgement of Supreme Court passed in Kahkashan Kausar @ Sonam (supra) coupled by the fact that the cause of death of deceased has been found to be asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem hanging and also taking into consideration the fact that there is no specific allegations against the applicant, I find it a fit case to release the applicant on bail. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the applicant- Ramadevi, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on her furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 10. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 11. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. Order Date:- 14.7.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad