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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:144639 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 28511 of 2025 Applicant :- Geeta Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Jagdish Kumar,Moeez Uddin Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Arimardan Yadav, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. 2. This bail application under Section 483 BNS has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, Geeta seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 157 of 2025, under Sections 115 (2), 352, 108 BNS, Police Station Katra, District Shahjahanpur. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused- applicant is innocent. She has been falsely implicated in this case crime number and is languishing in jail since 29.04.2025. She has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of her fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. 4. The allegation made in the FIR is that the marriage of the son of the first informant namely Kamal was solemnized with the applicant about two years back fron the date of incident according to Hindu Rites and Customs. On 03.01.2025 there was some hot- talk between between the applicant and the deceased, due to which, the applicant had gone to her parental house and were living there along with her daughter. Thereafter, after 55 days of hot-talk, the deceased has committed suicide by way of hanging on
27.02.2025. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits the applicant is a lady and there is a minor daughter aged about 1-1/2 years is also detained with the applicant and no specific role of the applicant has been assigned in the FIR. There is general allegation has been made in the FIR against the applicant and after completing investigation, investigating officer has submitted charge sheet against the applicant. Hence, bail has been prayed for. 6. Learned AGA vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts. 7. Considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. 8. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 9.
Let the accused-applicant, Geeta involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on her executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions: i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. iv. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless her personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. 10. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel her bail. Order Date :- 20.8.2025 v.k.updh. Digitally signed by :- VINOD KUMAR UPADHYAY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad