Ranjeet vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2025)

Ranjeet vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Release of applicant Ranjeet on bail in FIR No.427 of 2023 on furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to conditions: (a) bond undertaking to attend hearings; (b) not to commit any similar offence; (c) not to directly or indirectly induce, threaten or promise any person acquainted with the facts so as to dissuade disclosure to the Court or police, nor tamper with evidence.

Issue for consideration

Whether applicant Ranjeet is entitled to be enlarged on bail in FIR No.427 of 2023 under Sections 302, 323, 34 IPC, P.S. Purwa, District Unnao. +1 more

Court's answer

Only two of the total eighteen witnesses have been examined so far and there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in the near future, which supports granting bail.

Ratio / Principle

On the FIR version, the dispute arose from a petty dispute which escalated into an altercation and thereafter a fight; hence prima facie the premeditated intent is apparently missing.

Key takeaways

Coupled with the absence of premeditated intent, minimal trial progress, the applicant having no criminal antecedents and being in custody since 15.09.2023, the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail and the application is allowed.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench, Court No. 12), Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia, J., December 2, 2025: Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 4078 of 2024 of Ranjeet, seeking bail in FIR No.427 of 2023 under Sections 302, 323, 34 IPC, P.S. Purwa, District Unnao, ALLOWED. FIR alleges that on 14.09.2023, during an altercation arising out of a petty dispute, the accused struck the husband of the informant with a Belcha and rod, causing substantial injuries and death (postmortem: lacerated wounds on forehead/top of head; abrasions on face and chest). Considering that prima facie the premeditated intent is apparently missing, that only two of eighteen witnesses have been examined with no likelihood of early trial conclusion, that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and has been in custody since 15.09.2023, the Court held him entitled to bail and directed release on a personal bond with two sureties of like amount, subject to conditions of attending hearings, committing no similar offence, and refraining from inducement, threat, promise or tampering with evidence.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4078 of 2024

Ranjeet

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko.

.....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rahul Kumar Singh, Anagh Singh, Ashok Kumar Singh, Gulam Mustafa Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

Court No. - 12

HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.

1. Two supplementary affidavits filed today in Court are 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.427 of 2023, under Section 302, 323, 34 IPC, P.S. Purwa, District Unnao.

4. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that brother-in-law of the informant was having an enmity with the informant and the family. It was stated that on account of the death of the mother-in-law, certain amounts were received in the account of the applicant and on 14.09.2023 there was an altercation in between the husband of the informant and the applicant and in the said altercation, both of them had a fight in which the accused hit the husband of the informant with a Belcha and rod which resulted in substantial injuries and death. Antemortem injuries, as per the postmortem report, are lacerated wound on the forehead and top of the head, and abrasion injuries on the face and chest.

5. In the light of the said, submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that it was a case of sudden provocation arising out of a petty dispute in between the brothers. The applicant is in custody since 15.09.2023 and has no criminal antecedents. It is argued that two witnesses have been examined so far out of the total 18 witnesses.

BAIL No. 4078 of 2024

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6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.

7. Considering the submissions made at the Bar, in terms of the FIR also a dispute arose on account of a petty dispute which resulted in altercation and thereafter a fight, thus, prima-facie, the premeditated intent is apparently missing. Hence, in view of the said facts coupled with the fact that only two witnesses out of the total 18 witnesses have been examined so far and there is no likelihood of the trial being concluded in the near future, as such, the applicant who has no criminal antecedents and is in custody since 15.09.2023, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed .

8. Let the applicant Ranjeet 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.

(Pankaj Bhatia,J.)

December 2, 2025

nishant

Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench