Shekhar@Chandra Shekhar v. State of Up through Secretary Home Deparment of home Lucknow
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted; dowry-related death; ante-mortem hanging per post-mortem; Sections 85, 80(2) BNS and Section 3/4 DP Act; FIR/Case Crime No. 230 of 2024; P.S. Neemgaon; District Lakhimpur Kheri; applicant-husband Shekhar@Chandra Shekhar in custody since 09.08.2024; no previous criminal antecedents; personal bond and two sureties of Rs. 20,000/- each; bail conditions (attendance, no similar offence, no inducement/tampering); High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; Pankaj Bhatia, J.; October 14, 2025; Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 12961 of 2024.
What did the court decide?
Applicant Shekhar@Chandra Shekhar to be released on bail in the aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number on furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs. 20,000/- each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to conditions: (a) executing a bond to attend hearings; (b) not committing any similar offence; (c) not making any inducement, threat or promise to dissuade disclosure of facts or tampering with evidence.