HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7210 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. This is second bail application of the accused-applicant seeking bail in FIR/Case Crime No.2 of 2024 under section 302, 201 IPC, P.S. Khairabad, District Sitapur. The first bail application of the accused applicant was dismissed as not pressed with the liberty to file a fresh. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant used to work at Lucknow and was in relation with the applicant. Subsequently, her body was found and an apprehension was expressed that he had killed her. The post-mortem report on record indicates ante-mortem hanging, and apart from the ligature mark, four contusions and abrasions were observed on the legs and the scalp region. 4. Considering the post-mortem report and the cause of death as ante- mortem hanging, the material to link the applicant for the offense under section 302 appears to be weak; as such, the applicant, who has no criminal history and is in custody since 03.01.2024 is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Ankit Raj be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Raghunath Singh, S.C. Misra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Raj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Dept. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 12, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 7210 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench