JUDGMENT :

1. Counter affidavit filed on behalf of informant is taken on record. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of applicant submits that she does not want to file rejoinder affidavit.

2. Heard Mrs. Sadhna Upadhya, learned counsel for the applicant, Mr. Virendra Kumar Maurya, learned A.G.A. representing the State of U.P. as well as Shri Varun Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant and perused the record.

3. The instant bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant with a prayer to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 231 of 2019, under Sections 396, 412 I.P.C., Police Station-Pinahat, District-Agra during the pendency of trial.

4. As per the prosecution case in brief, informant Virendra Gupta lodged F.I.R. on 24.11.2019 at 20:30 O'clock against unknown persons for the offence under Section 302, 394 I.P.C. alleging inter-alia that around 6:13 pm when he returned home after closing his shop, he found the main gate of his house latched from inside. Thereafter, he started banging the door and called his wife. After repeated attempts of calling his wife out when he did not get any response from inside, he took the assistance of his neighbou