HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9228 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.204 of 2021, under Sections 302, 323, 325, 120B IPC, Police Station Akhand Nagar, District Sultanpur. 3. The Counsel for the applicant argued that so similar allegations, the co- accused have been enlarged on bail vide orders which are on record as Annexure-8 and 9 of the bail application. He further argues that the applicant is in custody since 05.08.2021 and not even a single witness has been examined so far. The criminal antecedents of the applicant includes four cases of minor offences and one offence under Section 279 of IPC. He further argues that on account of a land dispute, the alleged incident has taken place. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the pretrial detention suffered by the applicant of more than four years and the fact that not even a single witness has been examined so far 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 application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aditya Narayan Yadav, Ashok Kumar Srivastava, Avinash Srivastava, Kaushal Kishore Tewari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Gyan Prakash Giri .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Gyan Prakash Giri 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. 9228 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench