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Neeraj v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC24 Feb 2026NABAIL/1905/2026

Case brief

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What is this about?

Interim anticipatory bail; anticipatory bail application under Section 482 BNSS; Sections 80(2) and 85 BNS; Sections 3 and 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; Case Crime No. 357 of 2025; Police Station Loni Border; District Ghaziabad; personal bond and two sureties; bail conditions (interrogation, no inducement/threat, no leaving India, no intimidating witnesses); A.G.A. instructions not received; listed as fresh on 17.03.2026; NABAIL No. 1905 of 2026; Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla; Allahabad High Court; order dated February 24, 2026.

What did the court decide?

Interim anticipatory bail till the next date of listing: in the event of arrest, the applicant to be released forthwith on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, subject to four conditions; application to be listed as fresh on 17.03.2026. ¶9

Neeraj vs State of U.P. and Another — Dowry and Cruelty | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the applicant Neeraj should be released on interim anticipatory bail in the event of arrest in Case Crime No. 357 of 2025 (Sections 80(2), 85 B.N.S.; Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act), Police Station Loni Border, District Ghaziabad.

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Court's answer

Till the next date of listing, in the event of the arrest of the applicant Neeraj, he shall be released forthwith in Case Crime No. 357 of 2025 on interim anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station/Court concerned, subject to conditions: (i) availability for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) no 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 police; (iii) no leaving India without previous permission of the Court; (iv) no pressurizing/intimidating the prosecution witness.

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Ratio / Principle

The application is to be put up as fresh on 17.03.2026 to enable the learned A.G.A., who submitted that he has not received instructions in the present case, to obtain instructions in the matter.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Hon'ble Rajiv Lochan Shukla, J.), by order dated February 24, 2026 in Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1905 of 2026 (styled in the running header as NABAIL No. 1905 of 2026), granted interim anticipatory bail to the applicant Neeraj in Case Crime No. 357 of 2025, under Sections 80(2), 85 B.N.S. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Loni Border, District Ghaziabad. Till the next date of listing, in the event of arrest the applicant was to be released forthwith on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station/Court concerned, subject to conditions of availability for interrogation, abstention from inducement, threat or promise to persons acquainted with the facts, non-departure from India without the Court's previous permission, and non-pressurization/intimidation of prosecution witnesses. As the learned A.G.A. had not received instructions, the application was directed to be put up as fresh on 17.03.2026.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

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CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1905 of 2026

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Neeraj

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.....Applicant(s)

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		Versus
State of U.P. and Another				.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s)	:	Arun Kumar Tiwari	Tripathi,	Rakesh Pati
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	:	G.A.
Court No.- 71

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HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J.

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The Learned A.G.A. submits that he has not received instructions in the present case.

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Put up as fresh on 17.03.2026 to enable the Learned A.G.A. to obtain instructions in the matter.

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Till the next date of listing, in the event of the arrest of the applicantNeeraj , he shall be released forthwith in Case Crime No.357 of 2025, under Sections 80(2), 85 B.N.S. and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station- Loni Border, District- Ghaziabad on interim anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station/Court concerned with the following conditions:-

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i. the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required;

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ii. that 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 officer;

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iii. that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court;

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NABAIL No. 1905 of 2026

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iv. that the applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness.

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(Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.)

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February 24, 2026

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