HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1022 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and Shri Anand Pratap Singh, learned AGA for the State. 2. This is the fourth bail application. The first bail application was rejected by this Court on 19.12.2023 with a direction to the trial court to conclude the trial within ten months. The trial has not been concluded till date. 3. The present bail application has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to enlarge the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.29 of 2022, under Sections 34, 302, 323 IPC., Police Station, Lilapur, District Pratapgarh. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is in jail since 25.08.2022 and has undergone sufficient period in jail. Counsel has relied upon the judgments reported in Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh vs. State of Maharastra and another 2024 SCC OnLine SC 1693 and in Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement 2024 SCC OnLine SC 1920 and has submitted that on the strength of the judgments, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 5. Learned AGA has submitted that in the present case, it is admitted by the applicant that statement of complainant-PW1 is going on before the trial Court and she has supported the prosecution case. He has further submitted that the case of the applicant is distinguishable to the aforesaid cases cited above Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Avinash Srivastava, Awadhesh Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Raja Ram .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) because the applicant's first bail application was rejected on the ground that there were three injured witnesses who supported the prosecution case and the applicant's incarceration period is just two years. It is further submitted that in the case of Manish Sisodia (supra), the Court has observed that since the trial did not commence therefore, bail was granted. He further submitted that the injured witnesses are yet to be examined. 6. After hearing the rival contentions advanced by learned counsel for the parties, and looking into over all aspects of the matter, as well as the argument that PW1 -complainant has supported the prosecution case before the trial court ; argument that the injured witnesses are yet to be examined ; argument that the incarceration period is not sufficient in the present case, this Court finds that the applicant is not entitled to be released on bail. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of the applicant-Raja Ram is rejected. However, learned trial court is directed to conclude the trial expeditiously. without being influenced by the observations made hereinabove. September 4, 2025 Pks BAIL No. 1022 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- POOJA SETH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- POOJA SETH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench