Single Judge allowed bail to a husband accused of dowry harassment and causing death by hanging, citing PMR inconclusiveness and the single witness testimony as grounds for release on personal and surety bonds.
Releasement on bail on execution of personal bond and bond of two sureties of Rs.20,000 each.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:62368
Court No. - 12
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9659 of 2024
Applicant :- Mukesh Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home , Lucknow Counsel for Applicant :- Suresh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.
(a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings;
(b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and
(c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police ofÏcer or tamper with the evidence.
Order Date :- 10.9.2024
Shukla
Digitally signed by :- ASHUTOSH KUMAR SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the applicant is entitled to bail given the manner of death and his lack of criminal history.
Whether the single witness testimony and lack of corroborating evidence of dowry demand warrant bail.
4 provisions across 2 enactments
Mukesh Kumar
State Of U.P.
Pankaj Bhatia
Ashutosh Kumar Shukla
As recorded by the court registry
2 orders share this CNR
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