HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9272 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.209 of 2020 under sections 498-A/304-B/302 IPC and section 3/25 Arms Act and section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 23 years was married to the applicant around five years ago and substantial dowry was also given, however, on account of non-payment of dowry, all the matrimonial family had killed the daughter of the informant. The applicant is in custody since 29.06.2020. 4. The report sent by the trial court is on record which indicates that all the prosecution witnesses have been examined and the trial is at the stage of examination of defense witnesses. 5. Considering the fact that the prosecution witnesses have been examined and the applicant has suffered more than five years in custody having no criminal antecedents, as such, solely on the ground of substantial pretrial detention undergone by the applicant, he is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Bholu Alias Taufeeq be released on bail in aforesaid Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anil Kumar Pandey, Akram Azad, Mohd. Taiyab, Sayyed Farooq Ahmad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Bholu Alias Taufeeq .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Home .....Opposite Party(s) FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) 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 or tamper with the evidence. October 7, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 9272 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench