HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6673 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 390 of 2023, under Sections 302, 201 I.P.C, P.S Aspur, Deosara, District- Pratapgarh. 3. In terms of the FIR, it is alleged that the son of the informant had left his home on 25.11.2023 and subsequently, his body was found in a pond near Akaripur Amapur Road Canal. It was apprehended that some unknown persons had killed him. 4. The contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the name of the applicant has surfaced on the basis of the confessional statement of one of the witnesses. There is no eye witness to the said incident. He further argues that four family members have been examined so far. The applicant is in custody since 02.12.2023 having no previous criminal antecedent. Therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 5. Learned A.G.A has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the material on record; the fact that there is no eye witness to the said incident; the fact that the applicant was not named in the F.I.R, the nature of evidence to link the applicant primarily being weak; fact that the applicant is in jail since 02.12.2023, having no criminal antecedents, therefore, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ramakant Saroj Alias Sonu be released on bail in Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Syed Raza Mehdi, Raghvendra Kumar Singh Ii Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Dilip Kumar Pandey, Manoj Kumar Verma Ramakant Saroj Alias Sonu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Dept. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 she 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 21, 2025 DiVYa BAIL No. 6673 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench