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2025 DAILYLAW 102947 (ALL)

ABID ALI v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/36622/2024 · 2025-04-23

Gautam Chowdhary

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:63204 Court No. - 86 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 36622 of 2024 Applicant :- Abid Ali Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Anand Priya Singh,Kuldeep Johri,Pankaj Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- Mohd Faiz,G.A. Hon'ble Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J. 1. Counter affidavit filed by the State today in the Court, is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Mohd. Faiz, learned counsel for the informant learned A.G.A for the State and perused the record. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that t he applicant is aged about 68 years and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submits that no assault in any manner has been made by the applicant upon the informant nor indulged in any extortion. The applicant has been falsely roped in the instant case whereas he has no relation with the incident or act. He further submits that there no evidence of extortion has been collected during the investigation. It is thus contended that the applicant is entitled for bail. Learned counsel next argued that the applicant has no criminal history. Several other submissions in order to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against the applicant have also been placed before the Court. The circumstances which, according to the counsel, led to the false implication of the accused have also been mentioned. It has also been assured on behalf of the applicant that he is ready to cooperate with the process of law and shall faithfully make himself available before the court whenever required and is also ready to accept all the conditions which the Court may deem fit to impose upon him. He next submits that applicant is languishing in jail since 08.08.2024. 4. Per contra, learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the informant has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant by contending that the innocence of the applicant cannot be adjudged at pre trial stage, therefore, he does not deserve any indulgence. 5. After perusing the record in the light of the submissions made at the bar and after taking an overall view of all the facts and circumstances of this case, the nature of evidence and also the absence of any convincing material to indicate the possibility of tampering with the evidence, without expressing any opinion on merits of the case, this Court is of the view, that the applicant may be enlarged on bail. 6. Let applicant Abid Ali involved in Case Crime No.234 of 2023 under Sections 323, 504, 506, 386 I.P.C., Police Station C.B.Singh, District Bareilly be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two local sureties each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to the following conditions:- i) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence. ii) The applicant shall not threaten or harass the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court. iv) The applicant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which the applicant is accused, or suspected of the commission. v) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade such person from disclosing facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. 7. In case of breach of any of the above condition, the trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of the applicant in accordance with law. 8. The bail application is allowed. Order Date :- 24.4.2025 S.Ali Digitally signed by :- SHAUKAT ALI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad