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RAMLAKHAN SINGH v. THE STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. GOVT. LKO.

BAIL/13970/2023 · 2025-11-03

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13970 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record as well as the trial Court report. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.0375 of 2023, under Section 498A, 34B IPC & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Maurawan, District Unnao. 3. Perusal of the trial Court report indicates that all the fact witnesses have been examined and on an application moved under Section 319 Cr.P.C., two other co-accused were also summoned. It also record that at the instance of the said two co-accused who have been summoned under Section 319 Cr.P.C., the cross-examination is going on. 4. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that sister of the informant was married to the applicant in the year 2019. Subsequently, it was informed that she has died. Postmortem report on record indicates as many as nine injuries on the victim. Cause of death was antemortem hanging. The applicant is husband and is in custody since 29.07.2023. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the fact that the trial is getting prolonged at the instance of the co-accused who was summoned under Section 319 Cr.P.C. after about Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dharmendra Kumar Misra, Kaushal Kishor Shukla, Lakshmana Singh, Rahul Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Neeraj Singh Ramlakhan Singh .....Applicant(s) The State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Govt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) one year of the trial and the fact that the witnesses have already deposed against the applicant, the applicant has no criminal antecedents and there is nothing on record to demonstrate that the applicant, if enlarged on bail, can adversely affect the trial, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ramlakhan Singh 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: (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. 13970 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench