HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11864 of 2025 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 third bail application on behalf of the applicant who seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.0023 of 2020, under Section 302 IPC, P.S. Gautam Palli, District Lucknow. First bail application was dismissed as not pressed on 05.12.2021. Second bail application was dismissed for want of prosecution on 25.11.2024. 3. While arguing the present third bail application, learned counsel for the applicant argues that the applicant is in custody since 07.05.2020 and 8 witnesses have been examined out of total 39 witnesses. 4. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that son of the informant was taken by the applicant and after administering alcohol, he was killed. It was stated that the applicant was seen with the son by various persons. Dead body was also recovered from the home of the applicant. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering that although, the nature of allegations are serious, however, the fact remains that the applicant is in custody since 07.05.2020 and has suffered pre-trial detention of more than 5 & 1/2 years and has no criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sushil Kumar Misra, Ajeet Nath Srivastava, Ashish Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Deena Nath Gaud @ Girdhari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko .....Opposite Party(s) antecedents, thus, on the said ground alone, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Deena Nath Gaud @ Girdhari 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. December 2, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11864 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench