HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4752 of 2025 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. 100 of 2024, under Sections 498A, 304B, 201, 316 IPC and Sections 3/4 D.P. Act, P.S. Antoo, District Pratapgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was married to the applicant. Subsequently the entire matrimonial family had killed her. The cause of death as per post mortem report is ante mortem strangulation. Learned counsel for the applicant draws my attention to the statement of the informant who has stated that it was the applicant who is the husband and taken the diseased to the hospital. It is further argued that applicant is in custody since 14.6.2024 and not even one witness has been examined. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the fact that the applicant has suffered pre trial detention of one and half years and the trial has not been started, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 14.6.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Diwakar Singh Gautam, Hemant Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Guddu Patel @ Guddu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Guddu Patel @ Guddu 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. October 27, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 4752 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench