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2025 DAILYLAW 203611 (ALL)

RAJJAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF DEPTT. OF HOME AT LKO.

/1071/2025 · 2025-10-13

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1071 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.357 of 2024, under Section 103(1) BNS, P.S. Achalganj, District Unnao. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that father of the father of the informant had gone to his shop on 15.11.2024 and did not return back. Subsequently, he was found lying dead. The FIR was lodged against unknown person. Subsequently, on the basis of the statement of one of the witnesses who had deposed that around 67 days ago, the deceased had a fight with the applicant, the applicant was linked with the offence and arrested. Cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante mortem strangulation. No recovery has been affected from the applicant. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the statement to be a weak piece of evidence and in the absence of any recovery, the applicant who has two criminal antecedents as explained in Para 20 of the bail application in which he is on bail, and is very old, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Rajjan be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Gulam Mustafa, Kirti Raj Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Jayveer Rajput Rajjan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Deptt. Of Home At Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 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 13, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 1071 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench