JUDGMENT :

Pankaj Bhatia, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Yogeshwar Saran Srivastava who appears for the informant as well as learned AGA and perused the record.

2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.148 of 2024 under section 306 IPC, P.S. Kotwali Wazirganj, District Gonda.

3. In terms of the FIR registered under section 306 IPC, it was alleged that the husband of the informant used to run a jewellery shop and kitchen utensils. It was also stated that he has taken certain money advanced from some persons and he had also returned substantial amount along with the interest. It was also stated that on account of harassment for recovery of the money, the husband of the informant had died and his body was recovered along with a suicide note. The said suicide note is on record as Annexure no.5, wherein the deceased had expressed that although he had returned the substantial amount of money along with the interest, he was being harassed. It was also stated that if anything happened against him, the applicant should be liable for that. The cause of death, as per the postmortem report, is ante-mortem firearm injury.

4. In the light of the said material, the coun