Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:18042 Court No. - 15 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2681 of 2025 Applicant :- Shadab Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Vikas Sharma,Mohd. Karim,Syed Kamil Hasan Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J. 1. Heard Shri Syed Kamil Hasan, learned counsel for the applicant, Ms. Sikha Sinha, learned A.G.A.-I for the State and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.307 of 2023, under Sections 376, 302, 504, 506 I.P.C. and 3/4 P.O.C.S.O. Act & 3(2)(v) S.C./S.T. Act registered at Police Station- Pisawan, District- Sitapur. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 13.08.2028 against five persons, including the applicant, stating that the informant's daughter had gone out of her house at about 11:30 PM on 12.08.2023 for attending the call of nature. The applicant and co-accused Farooq (the applicant's brother-in-law) caught hold of her. Co-accused Safi Raza (the applicant's father) threatened her with a gun. A lady residing in neighborhood had seen this incident and told it to the informant whereupon a search was carried out and the informant's daughter was found hanging from a tree at about 02:00 AM. Some blood was found on the soil. 4. The inquest report does not make any mention of blood having been found on the spot. The inquest report further mentions no visible injury except for a ligature mark. The post- mortem examination report mentions a ligature mark around neck of the dead body which was interrupted by 07.5 cm. No other injury has been reported on any other part of the dead body and cause of death was opined to be Asphyxia due to antimortem hanging. 5. The lady, who had allegedly seen the applicant and co- accused persons taking away the victim, stated before the Investigating Officer that she had seen the victim going away with a container carrying water and she thought that the victim was going to attend the call of nature and she slept. She did not state that she had seen the accused persons taking her away while threatening her with a gun. 6. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is a young man aged 24 years, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 7. Co-accused persons Safi Raza, Lateeq alias Laheek and Farooq @ Sharukh have already been granted bail in the present case and copies of their bail orders have been annexed with the bail application. 8. Learned A.G.A.-I has vehemently opposed the bail application and she has submitted that a minor girl aged 15 years has been killed in the incident, the offence is heinous in nature and the allegations have been found to be established during investigation and a charge-sheet has been submitted on 26.09.2023 and, therefore, the applicant should not entitled to be released on bail. 9. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the allegations levelled in the F.I.R. that the applicant and two co-accused persons had taken away the victim after threatening her with a gun and this was witnessed by a lady, could not be established during investigation; that the FIR alleges that blood was found on the spot of occurrence which allegation was also not supported by the findings of the inquest report or any other material collected during investigation and that three co- accused persons have already been granted bail whereas the applicant has no criminal history, he is languishing in jail since 13.08.2023 and the investigation already stands completed, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid crime. 10. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 11. Let the applicant- Shadab be released on bail in the aforementioned case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:- (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. . [Subhash Vidyarthi, J.] Order Date :- 1.4.2025 -Amit K- Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench