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2025 DAILYLAW 201749 (ALL)

SACHIN MAURYA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/9825/2025 · 2025-10-15

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9825 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.239 of 2025, under Section 103(1), 351(3) of BNS, P.S. Paliya, District Lakhimpur Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that the husband of the informant had left home on 15.06.2025 alongwith the applicant. Subsequently, on the night it was informed that the husband of the informant has died and his body was lyding. An apprehension was expressed that the applicant had committed the offence in question. 4. In the light of the said allegation, learned counsel for the applicant draws my attention to the postmortem report which indicates one injury being a lacerated wound on the chest cavity and seven ribs were found to be fractured. Learned counsel for the applicant states that the victim died on account of hitting by bull. He further argues that the prosecution has shown recovery of a Danda at the spot and apart from the same, there is no material to link the applicant with the offence in question. He further argues that the injury depicted in the postmortem report cannot be attributed to Danda. Criminal antecedents of the applicant have been explained in Para 23 of the bail application and another case in which the applicant is on bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aman Kumar Shrivastav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sachin Maurya .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the nature of the allegations in the postmortem report and the evidence to link the applicant with the offence in question apparently missing, the applicant, who is in custody since 24.06.2025, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Sachin Maurya 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. 9825 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench