HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4163 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.093 of 2019 under sections 302, 201, 120-B, 34 IPC, P.S. Shivratanjganj, District Amethi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged by the informant, who is now the applicant herein, that the husband of the informant had not come home, and upon a search, the body of the husband was recovered in a pool of blood. Subsequently, based upon the statement of the co-accused, the applicant, who is the wife of the deceased, was linked with the offense in question, on the ground that she was having an affair with one of the co-accused and got the offense executed. The applicant is in custody since 01.06.2019, and has no criminal history. 4. Considering the pre-trial detention undergone by the applicant of more than six years, coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal history, on the said ground alone, the applicant is entitled to bail, further more, when only two witnesses have been examined so far out of the total 23, and there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in the near future. In view thereof, the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Shakina Bano be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Krishna Gopal, Jaikaran Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shakina Bano .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) sureties each of the like amount 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 12, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 4163 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench