NABAIL/190/2026 of SHIKHA AND 3 OTHERS Vs STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 190 of 2026 Court No. - 70 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicants and Rajeev Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State.  This anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicants seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 120 of 2024 under Sections - 306, 506 IPC, Police Station -Sungadi, District - Pilibhit, during the pendency of trial. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that applicant no.1 is wife of the deceased, while other applicants are family members of applicant no.1. It is next submitted that deceased died due to consumption of poisonous substance and after the incident, inquest and post-mortem was conducted and till then, there was no allegation against the applicants but after five days, a false story has been cooked up and FIR of the present case was lodged and applicants have been implicated in the present matter. He further submits that there is no active role of instigation assigned to the applicants. It is also submitted that in the event the applicants are granted anticipatory bail, they shall not misuse the liberty of bail and shall cooperate in the trial proceedings. Per contra , learned A.G.A. for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submitted that applicant no.1 is the wife of the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prabhat Kumar Mishra, Satish Sharma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shikha And 3 Others .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s) deceased and other applicants are her family members and due to torture of applicants, deceased committed suicide by consuming poison. Further, during investigation, audio and video was collected by the I.O., in which soon before his death, deceased held responsible to the applicants for his death. Further, there is specific allegation has been levelled against the applicants. He further submitted that the statements recorded during investigation corroborate the prosecution case. It is also pointed out that after due investigation, the charge-sheet has already been submitted against the applicants. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the record, this Court finds that the allegations made in the First Information Report are specific and prima facie supported by the material collected during investigation. The charge-sheet has already been filed against the applicants after due investigation. Considering the nature and gravity of the accusations, the material available on record, and the overall facts and circumstances of the case, this Court does not find any good ground for grant of anticipatory bail to the applicants. In case the applicants has any grievance with regard to the proceedings, they may avail appropriate remedy. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present anticipatory bail application is hereby rejected. It is made clear that observations made in the instant anticipatory bail shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. May 6, 2026 KK Patel NABAIL No. 190 of 2026 2 (Jai Prakash Tiwari,J.) Digitally signed by :- KRISHN KANT PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad