MEWA LAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/10603/2025 · 2025-11-03
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10603 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record.
2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.217 of 2025, under Sections 123, 103(1), 3(5) of BNS, Police Station Reusa, District Sitapur.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the husband of the informant aged about 25 years was forcibly taken by the applicant and other co- accused, who has enmity with him and subsequently, liquor was administered in which some poison was added and because of which, the husband died. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, does not indicate any injury on the deceased. The viscera was preserved. The viscera report indicates the presence of ethyle alcohal and alumimium phosphide.
4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer.
5. Apart from the allegation as alleged, there is no material to suggest that the applicant has administered poison to the applicant and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 22.07.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant Mewa Lal be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vinod Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Abhishek Singh Mewa Lal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
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 3, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10603 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench