HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1713 of 2025 Court No. - 51 HON'BLE RAJ BEER SINGH, J. 1. Second Supplementary affidavit filed on behalf of applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel of the informant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the material brought on record. 3. This second bail application has been filed by the applicant-accused in case crime No. 558 of 2022, under Sections - 498A, 323, 506, 304-B I.P.C. and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, Police Station- Aunla, District- Bareilly with the prayer to enlarge the applicant-accused on bail. 4. It has been argued by learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The applicant is husband of the deceased and their marriage has taken place on 16.06.2022. Learned counsel further submitted that the informant has stated in his statement before the trial court that his daughter (deceased) has committed suicide. There are material contradictions and inconsistency in the statements of witnesses. Learned counsel has referred the statement of the concerned doctor and submitted that it is a case of suicide and not the case of strangulation. There are 20 witnesses, out of which only 5 witnesses have been examined so far. The applicant is in judicial custody since 24.02.2023. Referring to the facts of the matter it was submitted that applicant may be granted bail. 5. Learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the informant has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the incident took place within six months of marriage of the deceased. The cause of death of the deceased has been shown ante-mortem strangulation. Referring the statement of concerned Doctor, it was submitted that she was done to death by way of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bhaskar Bhadra, Zafar Abbas Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Aditya Kumar Kushwaha, Durga Kumari, G.A., Rajesh Kumar Nishad, Utpal Singh, Vishal Shukla Arjun .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) strangulation. 7. Perusal of record shows that deceased has suffered death due to strangulation within short period of six months of her marriage with the applicant. 8. Considering submissions of learned counsel for the parties and all attending facts, no case for bail is made out. 9. Accordingly, the second bail application of the applicant Arjun is hereby rejected. 10. However, the trial court is directed to expedite the proceedings of trial and to conclude the same as early as possible preferably within a period of ten months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. October 8, 2025 Gss BAIL No. 1713 of 2025 2 (Raj Beer Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- GIRAJA SHANKER SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad