HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7161 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Sri Saurabh Verma holding brief of Sri Ajeet Kumar Singh, 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.1932 of 2022 arising out of FIR No.138 of 2022, under Section 302 IPC, Police Station Thakurganj, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the uncle of the informant was sitting with his friend, the applicant and later on, the applicant attacked on him with Fawda, which resulted in substantial injury and death. In the statement of the informant and the eyewitnesses, it is alleged that the dispute occurred in between them on account of sharing of money for liquor. 4. The Counsel for the applicant argues that there were no eyewitness of the incident and the recovery of the weapon is also not in the presence of independent witness. The applicant is in custody since 06.04.2022 and has no criminal antecedents. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the submissions made at the bar and the material on record, prima facie, the offence appeared to have occurred on account of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajeet Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sanjay Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy.Home Deptt. Civil Secrt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) petty dispute without there being any premeditated intent coupled with the fact that the applicant has suffered pretrial detention of more than three and a half years, 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 Sanjay Singh 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 20, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 7161 of 2024 2 (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