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2025 DAILYLAW 198458 (ALL)

ADITYA SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME

BAIL/7013/2024 · 2025-10-15

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7013 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. This is the second bail application on behalf of the applicant who seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.244 of 2019, under Section 147, 148, 149, 302 IPC, P.S. Maharajganj, District Ayodhya. 3. The first bail application was rejected by this Court on 02.12.2023. The applicant is in custody since 20.07.2019. 4. Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that the fact witnesses have already been examined and the prosecution is taking adjournments as is evident from the order sheet alongwith the supplementary affidavit. It is further argued that the applicant has no criminal antecedent prior to the offence in question and subsequent to the arrest, the applicant has been implicated in three other cases. Perusal of the order sheet reveals that the prosecution is getting the matter adjourned. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedent prior to the offence in question and the fact that the fact witnesses have already been Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sunil Kumar Singh, Prashant Vikram Singh, Prateek Agrawal Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Aditya Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home .....Opposite Party(s) examined, there is nothing on record to demonstrate that the applicant if enlarged on bail at this stage would adversely affect the trial. As such, considering the prolonged pre-trial detention suffered by the applicant alongwith the reasons recorded above, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Aditya Singh 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 15, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 7013 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench