Manju v. State of U.P.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33338 of 2026

Manju

	Versus .....Applicant(s)
State of U.P.	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	: Ajay Kumar, Ashutosh Shukla
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: G.A.

Court No. - 66

HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J.

1. Heard Sri Ashutosh Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri DPS Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

1. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 85 of 2026, under Sections 85, 80(2) BNS and Section 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Chandpa, District Hathras, during the pendency of the trial.

1. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant is the mother-in-law of the deceased, who committed suicide by hanging herself after a petty dispute over household issues. It is also submitted that the first informant in her statement recorded before the trial court did not support the prosecution story and she was declared hostile. The applicant has been falsely implicated merely being the mother-in-law of the deceased, though there is no sufficient material against her to show that she harassed the deceased for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry prior to her death. The applicant has been falsely implicated by making general and vague allegations along with other family members. It is further submitted that for invoking presumption of dowry death in case of death under unnatural circumstances within seven years of marriage, there must be sufficient material to show that the deceased was subjected to cruelty soon before her death, but there is no such material.