Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:89646 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2686 of 2024 Applicant :- Vipul Pandey Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Gupta,Harishchandra Dubey,Shyam Dhar Shukla,Siddharth Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.,Manoj Kumar,Vinod Kumar Maurya Hon'ble Siddharth,J. 1. Second supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard Sri V.P. Srivastava, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Siddhartha Srivastava and Ms. Saumya Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record. 3. The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant, Vipul Pandey with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No.303 of 2023, under Sections 302, 307, 120B, 506, 34 IPC and Section 4/25 of Arms Act, Police Station Raunapar, District- Azamgarh, during pendency of trial. 4. There are allegations against the applicant of committing the offence of murder of the wife of the informant. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submitted that there are property disputes between the parties and two days prior to the incident, dispute took place between the parties and both the parties were challaned under Sections 107/116 and 151 Cr.P.C. In the aforesaid incident, the applicant was not named. The statement of the informant has been recorded before the trial court as PW-1, wherein also he stated that the applicant was not challaned earlier. He has not made any specific allegation against the applicant. He has no criminal history and is languishing in jail since 13.09.2023. 6. On the other hand learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the informant have opposed the prayer for bail. 7. Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties noted above, finding force in the submissions made by the learned counsel for the applicant, larger mandate of the Article 21 of the Constitution of India, considering the dictum of Apex Court in the case of Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 LawSuit (SC) 677 and considering 5-6 times overcrowding in jails over and above their capacity by the under trials and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. (i) The applicant shall not tamper with the evidence or threaten the witnesses. (ii) The applicant shall file an undertaking to the effect that he shall not seek any adjournment on the dates fixed for evidence when the witnesses are present in Court. In case of default of this condition, it shall be open for the Trial Court to treat it as abuse of liberty of bail and pass orders in accordance with law. (iii) The applicant shall remain present before the Trial Court on each date fixed, either personally or as directed by the Court. In case of his absence, without sufficient cause, the Trial Court may proceed against him under Section 229-A of the Indian Penal Code. (iv) In case the applicant misuses the liberty of bail during trial and in order to secure his presence, proclamation under Section 82 Cr.P.C. is issued and the applicant fails to appear before the Court on the date fixed in such proclamation then the Trial Court shall initiate proceedings against him in accordance with law under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code. (v) The applicant shall remain present in person before the Trial Court on the dates fixed for (i) opening of the case, (ii) framing of charge and (iii) recording of statement under Section 313 Cr.P.C. If in the opinion of the Trial Court absence of the applicant is deliberate or without sufficient cause, then it shall be open for the Trial Court to treat such default as abuse of liberty of bail and proceed against him in accordance with law. 9. 9. In case, of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 10. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. Order Date :- 26.5.2025 Mini Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad