HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12876 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.21 of 2024, under Section 302 IPC, Police Station Sandana, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the father of the informant on account of a dispute attacked on the mother of the informant with Banka, which resulted in her death. 4. In the light of the said allegation, the Counsel for the applicant argues that the applicant is in custody since 12.01.2024 and is aged about 73 years. He argues that the incident occurred on account of threat, anger and sudden provocation. The applicant has no criminal history and only one witness has been examined so far. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the fact that the entire incident occurred on account of a petty dispute and the attack was happened on account of sudden provocation; the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 12.01.2024; the applicant is aged about 73 years and there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in near future, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kushagra Kanodia Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Lalta .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Secy. Deptt. Of Home Affairs Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Lalta 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 19, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12876 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench