CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 16596 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16596 of 2026 Himanshu Pandey .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akhilesh Kumar, Rajesh Mishra, Urmila Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 67 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J. 1. Heard Sri Akhilesh Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Roshan Kumar Singh, 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. 153 of 2025, under Sections- 103(1) of BNS, Police Station-Hathgawan, District-Fatehpur, during the pendency of the trial. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that though the date of the incident is 03.05.2025 and the inquest was also conducted on 04.05.2025, on that date the first informant was present and signed the inquest report. Thereafter, the FIR was lodged after almost three months, making allegations against the present applicant on the basis of information received from the villagers and children. Though, during the trial, the first informant did not support the prosecution story and