Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:79673 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13263 of 2025 Applicant :- Ranjeet Srivastava Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ganesh Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sameer Jain,J. 1. Heard Sri Ganesh Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri R.N. Srivastava, learned AGA for the State. 2. The instant bail application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 0464 of 2024, under Sections 103(1) B.N.S., Police Station Gauribajar, District Deoria during pendency of the trial. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits, applicant is husband of the deceased and as per allegation he committed the murder of his wife but entire allegation leveled against the applicant is totally false. 4. He further submits, there is no eye witness account of the incident and at the time of incident applicant was in his village and he was not present at his home. 5. He further submits, applicant is not having any criminal history and in the present matter he is in jail since 11.10.2024. 6. Per contra, learned AGA opposed the prayer for bail and submitted applicant is husband of the deceased and his wife has been murdered in her matrimonial home and however as per applicant he was not present at his home and he was in the village but there is no evidence in this regard on record. 7. Learned AGA further submitted that applicant failed to explain the homicidal death of the wife, therefore, he should not be released on bail. 8. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record of the case. 9. Applicant is husband of the deceased and as per allegation he committed the murder of his wife and from the post mortem report it also reflects, deceased has been murdered as she sustained as many as eight injuries. 10. Further, however, as per applicant, at the time of incident he was not present in his home and he was in his village but except the bald averment made in the instant bail application, there is no evidence in this regard on record. 11. Therefore, considering the facts and circumstances of the case discussed above, in my view, applicant is not entitled to be released on bail. 12. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the instant bail application is rejected. 13. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. Order Date :- 14.5.2025 AK Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANUPAM KUMAR PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad