CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 9749 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9749 of 2026 Harkhuram Alias Deepak .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sabya Sachee Rai, Suneel Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 67 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J. 1. Heard Sri Sabya Sachee Rai, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri D.P.S. Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.392 of 2025, under Section- 103(1) of BNS, 2023, Police Station-Phase-1, District-Gautam Buddh Nagar, during the pendency of the trial. 3. The contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that there is a delay of about 17 days in lodging the FIR, which has been registered merely on the basis of apprehension and suspicion. It is further submitted that the unclaimed body of the deceased was recovered on 01.09.2025, and the post-mortem examination was also conducted on the same day. Thereafter, the FIR was lodged on 16.09.2025, and on the basis of the recovery of a blood-stained knife on 18.09.2025, the applicant h