HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12540 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.346 of 2024, under Section 103(1) of BNS, Police Station Mallawan, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the uncle of the informant was found dead. Subsequently, it was revealed to the informant that the applicant had a fight with the uncle on account of a petty dispute of bicycle and because of which, the applicant had committed the offence. The applicant was arrested based upon the confessional statement. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that prima facie, there are no eyewitness to the incident and the applicant was arrested based upon the confessional statement coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents except one criminal case of Excise Act, in which, the applicant is on bail and is languishing in jail since 07.08.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Bablu Katheriya be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Farhan Alam Osmany, Mohd. Raziullah, Neeraj Sahu Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Bablu Katheriya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) reliable sureties of the like amount each 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 12, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12540 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench