HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 14507 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Ms. Priyanka Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, Mr. Manoj Kumar Sahu, Amicus Curiae as well as learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 525 of 2021, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 34, 504 I.P.C and 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act, P.S. Maholi, District- Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it is alleged that on 05.11.2021, at about 8:30 A.M, the named accused persons were fighting among themselves, when the father of the informant and the son of the informant went upstairs, all the said accused persons, on seeing the father of the informant, due to old enmity, caused fire arm injuries which injured the father as well as son of the informant. The father of the informant died due to fire arm injuries. The post-mortem report indicates as many as 9 injuries; on the forehead, left side of the face, right side of the neck, left side of the chest, left arm. Blackening was also present around all the injuries. The injuries as well as blackening suggests that the fire arm injuries were caused from a near range as per the allegations in the F.I.R, whereas, in terms of the site plan, the fire arm injuries were allegedly inflicted from a distance. 4. The contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the stage of trial is not known. The applicant is in custody since 10.11.2021, having no previous criminal antecedent. Therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 5. Learned A.G.A has opposed the bail application. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Brijendra Singh, Manoj Sahu, Priyanka Singh, Punit Kumar Shukla, Tilak Raj Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Hari Om Singh Sanju Alias Shashikant Bajpai .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Civil Secrt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Considering the material on record and also considering the dare devil method in which the fire arm injuries were allegedly inflicted by the applicant and the nature of injuries sustained, no case for bail is made out. 7. The bail application is rejected accordingly. 8. The trial court, however, is directed to expedite the trial. 9. Shri Manoj Kumar Sahu, learned Amicus curiae shall be paid Rs. 10,000/- for the assistance rendered in this case by the Senior Registrar, on his moving an appropriate application. November 21, 2025 DiVYa BAIL No. 14507 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench