HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12920 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. This is the second bail application on behalf of the applicant who seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.57 of 2023, under Section 302 IPC, P.S. Raniganj, District Pratapgarh. First bail application was rejected by this Court on 04.09.2024. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that the applicant had burned the victim to death after sprinkling petrol. The said allegation was supported by one witness Ankit Pal whose testimony was recorded and was considered while rejecting the bail application on 04.09.2024. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant now argues that all the witnesses have been examined - their testimonies are on record. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. As the main witness and all other witnesses have been examined, the applicant has no criminal antecedents, is in custody since 20.03.2023 and there is no material on record to suggest that the applicant, if enlarged on bail, can adversely affect the trial, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Salman, Ana Fatma, Mukhtar Ahamad, Ramakar Shukla, Umesh Chandra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Syed Mohammad Abid Sonu Pal @ Arun Pal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Let the applicant Sonu Pal @ Arun Pal 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 6, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 12920 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench