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2025 DAILYLAW 189069 (ALL)

RAMRATAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

/472/2025 · 2025-11-24

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 472 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Vivek Chandra, learned counsel for the informant as well as learned AGA for the State. 3. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.491 of 2024 under Sections 140, 103(2) BNS, P.S.- Mallawan, District- Hardoi. 4. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the brother of the informant had gone out of home on 17.11.2024 and thereafter, message was received from his mobile phone from unknown person stating that the brother of the informant has been killed by causing fire arm injury. It was stated that around one year ago, the said deceased had a fight with the applicant and he had also talked to the deceased on 17.11.2024 and thereafter, deceased went missing. It was alleged that all the accused persons had abducted him. The post-mortem report indicates the cause of death as ante-mortem firing. 5. It is further stated that the counter affidavit filed by the learned AGA indicates that the co-accused- Vishal had admitted the offence in question, the weapons were also recovered from him. Prima faice no material exists to suggest that the applicant had caused the alleged incident. 6. Learned AGA and learned counsel for the informant have opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances, post-mortem report counter Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Kumar Mishra, Anshuman Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Krishna Kumar Singh, Vivek Chandra Ramratan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) affidavit, and there being nothing specific against the applicant apart from the fact that he had talked to the deceased on the date of alleged incident coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 21.11.2024 and has no previous criminal antecedent, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Ramratan be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 24, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 472 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench