LUCKNOW, June 26 -- Babu Khan, one of the alleged key conspirators in oil trader Shravan Sahu's murder, was granted bail by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Tuesday, nearly nine months after he, along with seven other accused, was awarded life sentence by a special court of CBI here. Sahu was shot dead in his shop outside his house in a crowded residential locality of Saadatganj on February 1, 2017. He was fighting the murder case of his 27-year-old son Ayush, who was shot dead by a local gangster, Aqeel Ansari, after a brawl outside a beer shop on Campbell Road under Thakurganj police station on October 16, 2013. "The double bench of justice Pankaj Bhatia and justice Kshitij Shailendra allowed the bail for Babu Khan as there was not much circumstantial evidence against him. Besides, he also remained on bail while the trial was pending with the CBI court during the years. One other co-accused, Ajay Patel, was also enlarged on bail on April 21, 2025," said counsel of the appellant, Zeeshan Alvi, on Wednesday. "Considering the fact that the appellant has no substantial criminal antecedents and there is nothing on record to demonstrate that the appellant, if enlarged on bail at this stage, can have any adverse affect on appeal. Also considering the fact that the appeal is of the year 2024 and there is no likelihood of the appeal being heard in near future, the appellant Babu Khan is enlarged on bail in the aforesaid sessions trial," the court order stated. Zeeshan Alvi informed that Babu Khan was convicted and awarded life imprisonment under IPC sections 302 and 120-B for murder conspiracy....