CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 24502 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:128540 Court No. - 66 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 24502 of 2025 Applicant :- Pankaj Singh Alias Raju Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Ram Bali Ram Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Sri Ram Bali Ram, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Arimardan Yadav, learned AGA for the State-Respondent and perused the record. The present bail application has been moved on behalf of accused- applicant seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 17 of 2024, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 34, 120-B IPC and Section 3/25 Arms Act of the Indian Penal Code, Police Station Nandganj, District Ghazipur. The prosecution case set out in the FIR identifies various principal offenders who alighted from a Scorpio Car and after an exchange of hot words discharged their firearms causing the death of the deceased. The applicant was not named in the FIR or in the statement of first informant. The applicant has not been identified as the principal offender who discharged his fire arm and shot dead the deceased. The role of the applicant is distinguishable from the principal offenders. Learned coun