HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 46122 of 2024 Court No. - 67 HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Shubham Singh, Advocate holding brief of Sri A.C. Srivastava and Sri Manish Kumar Singh, learned counsels for the applicant and Sri Mohd. Faiz, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 167 of 2024, under Sections 191(2), 126(2), 109, 115(2), 351(2), 190, 117(2) of BNS, Police Station- Delhi Gate, District - Meerut, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The informant has been examined during trial as PW-1 and he has not supported the prosecution story during his cross-examination. There is no likelihood of conviction of the applicant in the present case. 5. Learned counsel has further stated that there is no criminal antecedent of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 05.11.2024 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : A.C.Srivastava, Abhishek Chandra, Byas Kumar Prasad, Manish Kumar Singh, Shravan Kumar Panday Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Irshad Ahmad, Mohd Faiz, Syed Shahnawaz Shah Kasif .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Per contra, learned counsel for the informant as well as learned A.G.A. have vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the fact that there is no criminal history of the applicant and the witnesses have turned hostile. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and also the fact that the witnesses have turned hostile, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Kasif, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 9. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 10. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. September 15, 2025 Siddhant BAIL No. 46122 of 2024 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad