HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9225 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.291 of 2022, under Section 498A, 304B, 504, 323 IPC & Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, P.S. Deeh, District Raebareli. 3. FIR in question was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant around one year ago. Subsequently, the entire matrimonial family had killed her. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is antemortem injuries which are two in number. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that the deceased was killed while she was at her parental home as is evident from the FIR also. The applicant is the husband and is in custody since 22.07.2022 and two of the main witnesses have already been examined. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the pre-trial detention suffered by the applicant of more than three years coupled with the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in the near future, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Saurabh Srivastava, Sheo Prakash Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sohanlal Alias Babloo .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home, Lucknow .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Let the applicant Sohanlal alias Babloo be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- 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 12, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9225 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench