Research › Search › Judgment

Allahabad High Court · body

2025 DAILYLAW 182464 (ALL)

BALRAM KUMAR v. THE STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

BAIL/3011/2025 · 2025-11-13

Pankaj Bhatia

body2025

Judgment text

Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3011 of 2025 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.593 of 2024 under section 331(4), 305(e), 317(4), 317(2), 111 BNS, P.S. Chinhat, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that, on the basis of information received, certain ornaments were stolen from the locker of the bank. However, no cash was found to be stolen. No one was named in the FIR. Subsequently, based on the second FIR, being FIR No.594 of 2024, on the apprehension of the applicant by the police party, the applicant was linked with the offense in question. 4. In terms of FIR No.594 of 2024, it was revealed that the applicant was trying to run away and the accused were challenged and also a shot was fired, which resulted in getting shot on the leg. Based upon the recovery of certain ornaments, the applicant was linked with the offense in question. 5. In light of the above, the counsel for the applicant argues that there were no independent witnesses to the recovery and that the applicant has been falsely implicated with the offense in question. 6. Considering the fact that the applicant was not named in the main FIR Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Arvind Kumar Mishra, Deepali Yadav, Neha Chaurasia Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Balram Kumar .....Applicant(s) The State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) No.593 of 2024, and subsequently based on apprehension and recovery has been linked coupled with the fact that the recovery is not in the presence of any independent witnesses, as such, the applicant, who is in custody since 23.12.2024 and has no criminal antecedent is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Balram Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) 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 13, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 3011 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench