HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9414 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.211 of 2024, under Section 302 IPC, P.S. Cantt., District Faizabad/Ayodhya. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that information was received that sister-in-law of the informant was murdered by some unknown person. Subsequently, the applicant was linked with the offence in question based upon call detail records and the recovery of the weapon shown at the instance of the applicant as well as the confessional statement. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is antemortem injuries which are two in number which include incised wound on the neck. 4. Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that the confessional statement and the recovery have no evidentiary value as there was no eyewitness to the recovery; the call detail records are weak piece of evidence and do not in any way link the applicant with the offence. The applicant is in custody since 03.07.2024 and has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the nature of the evidence for linking the applicant with the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vaibhav Srivastava, Abhishek, Anand Dubey, Utkarsh Misra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Amit Srivastava @ Reeshu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) offence primarily weak coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Amit Srivastava @ Reeshu be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 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. November 26, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9414 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench