HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11679 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 applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.509 of 2024, under Section 105, 115(2), 352, 351(3) BNS, P.S. Pihani, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that the accused named in the FIR had enmity with the informant and on 28.07.2024 the accused hurled abuses and started hitting with lathi, danda etc. Subsequently, the victim on account of the injury sustained died. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is contusion injury on the top of head. The applicant has no criminal antecedents and is in custody since 29.07.2024. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the general nature of allegations, there being nothing specific against the applicant and apparently the allegation of mens rea being missing, the applicant who is in custody since 29.07.2024 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Rajeev be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Upendra Kumar Verma, Janardan Dixit, Narendra Gupta Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Seraj Ahmad, Touqeer Ahmad Rajeev .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 3, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11679 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench