HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4160 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.567 of 2020, under Sections 302, 342 IPC, Police Station Chinhat, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the husband of the informant and her brother-in-law had together killed their own bother in front of her and had ran away. The applicant is in custody since 25.09.2020. Subsequently, it is argued that the informant did not support the prosecution case and has been declared hostile. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that the applicant has suffered pretrial detention of more than 5 years, which is in itself, prima facie, violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India; the informant has not supported the prosecution story coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 25.09.2020, 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 Ankur Yadav 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amol Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankur Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Chief Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 akverma BAIL No. 4160 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench