Judgment

Arijit Pasayat, J.—Leave granted.

This appeal is by the informant questioning grant of bail to respondent No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘accused’) by the impugned judgment passed by a learned Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench.

2. Factual position, as highlighted by the appellant is as follows:

On 26.4.2002, the respondent No. 1 and others in pursuance of their common object, surrounded Jamaluddin, husband of the appellant, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘deceased’) while he was coming by scooter along with the appellant and their daughter. Because of some previous litigations, respondent No.1-accused had animosity with the deceased and with the intention of causing his death the respondent No. 1-accused who was armed with a double barrel gun shot at the deceased. Others also participated in the attack. The informant and her daughter started crying for help hearing which co-villagers came to the spot. The respondent No. 1 and others fled away but they were still firing and had threatened to wipe out the entire family of the deceased. The occurrence took place at about 6.00 p.m. and the First Information Report was lodged immediately thereafter. Th