HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 632 of 2025 . 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 S.T. No.494 of 2023 arising out of Case Crime No.297 of 2022, under Sections 302, 201 IPC, Police Station Rampur Kala, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that in a sugarcane field of the informant, a dead body was found and the head was not found with the body. No one was named in the FIR. Subsequently, on the basis of the statement of the co-accused, the applicant, who was the husband of the deceased, was linked with the offence in question. In the statement of the co-accused, it was also alleged that the relationship of the deceased with the applicant was not cordial. The applicant is facing a lot of social stigma and subsequently, the deceased started staying with the said co-accused at his home and subsequently, she was killed by the applicant and her body was chopped into pieces and was concealed. The confessional statement of the applicant was also recorded, wherein, he admitted that he had committed the offence in question and the body was chopped up and thrown at a distance. In the statement of the independent witnesses, it was alleged that the deceased was seen and had stayed with the accused for 4- Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sanat Singh, Ram Mohan Mishra, Sudhir Kumar, Suhail Kashif Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pankaj Maurya @ Pankaj Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 5 days. The said statement was on record as Annexure-14 and 15 of the bail application. The postmortem report on record indicates the presence of lacerated and crushed injuries on whole face; incised wound present on neck and head separated from trunk; incised wound present on left shoulder, left arms and forearm separated from shoulder joint; incised wound present on right shoulder and right upper limb missing from shoulder joint and multiple incised wounds present on lower part of abdomen involving perenial region below from umbilicus and separated from body and both lower limb separated and left lower limb missing. 4. 4. In the light of the aforesaid, the Counsel for the applicant argues that the applicant was linked solely based upon the statement of the co- accused with whom the deceased was staying for the last 4-5 days. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Although, the offence was very dreadful in the manner in which it has been conducted wherein the body has been chopped up and thrown separately, the fact remains that the evidence to link the applicant is the statement of the co-accused and the confessional statement and evidence of last seen. The recovery of the weapon is also at the instance and pointing out of the applicant is not in the presence of independent witness and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 27.11.2022, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . 7. Let the applicant Pankaj Maurya @ Pankaj Kumar 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, BAIL No. 632 of 2025 2 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 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 632 of 2025 3 (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