CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 24518 of 2024 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 24518 of 2024 Dheeraj Saran Rastogi .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Abhay Mishra, Aman Kumar, Dharmendra Shukla, Varad Nath Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 66 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Aman Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri R.P. Patel, learned State Law Officer and perused the record. 3. This is the second bail application filed on behalf of the applicant seeking bail in Case Crime No. 304 of 2019, under Sections 498-A, 304-B, 302 of IPC and Sections 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station- Premnagar, District - Bareilly, during the pendency of trial. 4. The first bail application of the applicant was rejected by this Court vide order dated 27.5.2022 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 42080 of 2020. 5. As a new ground, learned counsel for the applicant has pressed the plea of bail on the basis of prolonged incarceration, submitting that the applicant has been in judicial custody for more than six years and four months, as such, is entitled to be released on bail on account of th