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RANJEET KUMAR VISHWAKARMA @ CHHOTU v. STATE OF UP THRU. PRIN. DECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

BAIL/6745/2025 · 2025-10-27

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6745 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed today in Court is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Manoj Kumar Misra, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.621 of 2024, under Section 103(1), 61(2) and 3(5) of BNS, P.S. Thakurganj, District Lucknow. 4. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that on 30.12.2024 the informant was sleeping when at around 1:51 hours she woke up on hearing some noise from the room where her husband was sleeping and when the door was opened, it was seen that her husband was lying on the bed and his shirt was stained with blood. Subsequently, he was declared dead at the hospital. No one was named in the FIR. Subsequently, on the basis of the statement of the co-accused as well as on perusal of the CCTV footage, the applicant was linked with the offence in question. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that the co-accused who was also the informant, was arrested based upon her confessional statement and has been enlarged on bail on 09.10.2025. 6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Manoj Kumar Misra Ranjeet Kumar Vishwakarma @ Chhotu .....Applicant(s) State Of Up Thru. Prin. Decy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Considering the fact that there is no direct evidence to implicate the applicant and the applicant has no criminal antecedents, the applicant who is in custody since 03.01.2025 is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Ranjeet Kumar Vishwakarma @ Chhotu 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. October 27, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 6745 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench