SAURABH KUMAR SAROJ v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO.
BAIL/5876/2024 · 2025-11-12
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5876 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 34 of 2024, under sections 302 IPC and Sections 3/25 Arms Act, P.S. Chanda, District Sultanpur. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that four persons named in the FIR had taken brother of the informant and subsequently he was shot dead. Apprehension was expressed that the some persons have committed the offence. Subsequently on the basis of confessional statement the applicant was linked with the offence in question. None of the accused persons named in the FIR were chargesheeted. Recovery of weapon was also shown at the instance of pointing out of the applicant. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering that the analysis of CDR report as well as the recovery which is not in presence of independent witness of the said offences are primarily weak evidence, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 6.2.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Durgesh Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Saurabh Kumar Saroj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Saurabh Kumar Saroj 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.
November 12, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 5876 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench