HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 27631 of 2025 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Bhanu Prakash Verma, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Garun Pal Singh, learned counsel for the informant, Sri Ram Mohit Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.162 of 2025, under Sections 80, 85, 103(1) and 3(5) B.N.S. and 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station Jait, District Mathura, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the marriage of the son of applicant was solemnized with the deceased person as per Hindu Rites in December, 2022. Subsequently, the applicant and other family members are stated to have subjected her to cruelty for demand of dowry, thereby the deceased person had even called her parents and told them about the said demand and her apprehension that she would be put to death by the applicant and other family members. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the applicant is the father-in-law of the deceased and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence. The allegations are per se false. The applicant and his wife live separate to the husband-wife duo. The statement of elder sister of the deceased person Kamlesh, who was married in the very same village, has been recorded and she has stated that the husband of the deceased person Vishnu and his friend Gaurav had taken the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bhanu Prakash Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Garun Pal Singh Tara Chand Sisodiya .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) deceased person in a car from the house and the offence committed, if any, may be attributed to the husband Vishnu and his friend Gaurav only. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant has further stated that there is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 11.04.2025 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 7. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application on the ground that there are seventeen injuries sustained by the deceased person and the cause of death was asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem throttling. 8. The case of the applicant stands distinguished to the husband of the deceased person Vishnu and his friend Gaurav. 9. The Supreme Court in the judgment of Kahkashan Kausar @ Sonam vs. The State of Bihar, (2022) 6 SCC 599 has categorically opined 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. 10. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the statement of the elder sister of the deceased person Kamlesh and the fact that the applicant is the father-in-law of the deceased person, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 11. Let the applicant- Tara Chand Sisodiya, who is involved in aforementioned case 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 subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. (i) The applicant shall not tamper with evidence during trial. (ii) The applicant shall not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. (iii) The applicant shall appear before the trial court on the date fixed. BAIL No. 27631 of 2025 2 12. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 13. 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. October 8, 2025 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 27631 of 2025 3 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad