Regular bail sought under Section 483 BNSS by the deceased's jethani in a dowry death FIR. Postmortem opined death by antemortem throttling followed by burning. Court found gravity of offence and unnatural death within 10 months of marriage; declined bail and rejected the application.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:47697
Court No. - 64
Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10857 of 2025
Applicant :- Usha Devi Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Sakshi Jaiswal,Vimal Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Samit Gopal,J.
1. List revised.
deceased in the FIR is false and incorrect. It is submitted that there was never any demand of dowry. It is submitted that the applicant is a lady. It is further submitted that the applicant has no criminal history as stated in para 30 of the affidavit and is in jail since 10.02.2025.
Order Date :- 4.4.2025 M. ARIF
(Samit Gopal, J.)
Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD ARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a lady applicant named in the FIR should be granted bail in a dowry death case where the deceased died within 10 months of marriage and postmortem showed throttling followed by burns.
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Shabeen Ahmed Vs. State of U.P. and anotherRelied on
SLP (Criminal) No. 15156 of 2024
4 provisions across 3 enactments
Usha Devi
State of U.P.
Samit Gopal
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