HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1668 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.167 of 2023, under Section 304 IPC, Police Station Lonikatra, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the father of the informant was sleeping outside the home and the applicant caused his death by the use of stone. Subsequently, the informant in his cross-examination stated that the name of the applicant was included in the FIR based upon an apprehension that the applicant was a habitual thief. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the fact that prima facie, the informant had not supported the prosecution case against the applicant; the applicant has criminal history of one case under Section 498A IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 23.06.2023, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Rashid be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Farooq Ayoob, Jyoti Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rashid .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 akverma BAIL No. 1668 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench