HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9600 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.265 of 2025 under sections 103(1), 3(5) BNS, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Rae Bareli. 3. The FIR in question was lodged by the police authorities based upon the postmortem report, which tentatively indicate the cause of death as antemortem strangulation. 4. The counsel for the applicant draws my attention to argue that the step son of the applicant was married to the deceased and their relations were not cordial. He draws my attention to the statement of one of the witnesses wherein it was stated that the son of the applicant was catchinghold of the neck of the deceased and no allegation of causing any injury attributable to the cause of death were assigned to the applicant. 5. In view thereof, the applicant who is in custody since 16.06.2025 and has no criminal history and is aged about 50 years is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Vinood Mali be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajay Kumar Singh, Astha Singh, Rahul Soni Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Vinood Mali .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 8, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 9600 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench