Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:119418 Court No. - 87 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 36350 of 2024 Applicant :- Junaid Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Haya Rizvi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1. Heard Ms Nushra Siddiqui, learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The present bail application, seeking bail, has been moved by the accused-applicant-Junaid involved in Case Crime No.244 of 2024 under Sections 319 B.N.S. and 3/5(1) Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, Police Station Thana Bhawan, District Shamli. 3. Learned counsel for the accused-applicant submits that accused- applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case, lodged by sister of the prosecutrix. In the F.I.R. it is mentioned that the informant's sister was married; the accused has lured her by false identity of Vinod, took her to Shamli and tried to change her religion. The prosecutrix is mother of two children and she went along with accused on her own freewill. The charge-sheet is submitted. There is no criminal history of the accused. The applicant is in jail since 15.07.2024. As such, he prays that the accused/applicant be enlarged on bail. 4. Learned A.G.A. has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that there is no criminal history of the accused, though he has lured a woman by false identity as Vinod and took her to Shamli for conversion, but the conversion of religion has not taken place. 5. This Court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the records, which prima facie reveals that the prosecutrix is mother of two children, who went along with the accused on her own freewill.The religion of the prosecutrix has not been changed. Charge-sheet has been submitted. The accused-applicant is languishing in jail since July, 2024. 6. Hence, without touching the merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let accused/applicants-Junaid be released on bail in the aforesaid case on their furnishing personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned. Order Date :- 22.7.2025 MN/- (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAHENDRA NATH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad