HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3624 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.304 of 2023, under Section 302 IPC, Police Station Mohammadi, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 4. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the applicant around 12 years ago and subsequently, she used to harass by the applicant. It is also stated that five children were born out of the wedlock and subsequently, the applicant killed her by strangulation. The postmortem report indicates the cause of death due to ante mortem strangulation. 5. The Counsel for the applicant argues that the applicant is in custody since 28.05.2023 and five fact witnesses out of total 15 have been examination. 6. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 7. Considering the pretrial detention suffered by the applicant for more than two and a half years; five fact witnesses out of total 15 have been examination and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents, I Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Surendra Kumar Mishra, Amit Kumar Awasthi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Munnan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko .....Opposite Party(s) am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Munnan be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of the like amount each 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. November 13, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 3624 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench