HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12940 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Abdul Muteeq, learned counsel for High Court Legal Service Committee and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.125 of 2024, under Section 302 IPC, P.S. Rampur Kalan, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that on 25/26.05.2024, the applicant has throttled the mother of the informant to death. From perusal of the records, there are no eyewitnesses to the incident. The applicant was linked based upon the statement of the witness which includes the statement of Gram Pradhan wherein the applicant allegedly confessed the commission of crime to the Gram Pradhan in the state of intoxication. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that there are no eyewitnesses to the incident and no recovery has been effected from the applicant. Statement of the other witness on record indicates that he had suggested that prior to the date of the incident there was a fight in between the applicant and the deceased as was heard by the said witness. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Himanshu Shukla, Dhananjai Kumar Tripathi, Lalit Kishore Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Faisal Ahmad Khan, Phool Bux Singh Pooran @ Punna .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko .....Opposite Party(s) in custody since 27.05.2024 and the material to link the applicant are mere statements which also indicate that the alleged offence was committed in the state of intoxication, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Pooran @ Punna be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 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 14, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 12940 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench