HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 72 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State. Whereas, no one has put in appearance on behalf of the informant despite notice. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.237 of 2024 under Sections 103(1) BNS, P.S.- Majhila, District- Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the son of the informant, aged about 10 years, was taken by the applicant on a motorcycle, thereafter, he went missing. Subsequently, his body was found. The cause of death as per the post-mortem report is ante-mortem strangulation. 4. In the light of the said, learned counsel for the applicant argues that no recovery has been effected from the applicant and he is in jail since 23.07.2024, having no criminal history, therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances, nature of the evidence against the applicant to link him with the offence being weak coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 23.07.2024 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. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Hari Narayan Singh, Neeraj Sahu Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Deepu Srivastav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Let the applicant- Deepu Srivastav 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 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 24, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 72 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench