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2025 DAILYLAW 143977 (ALL)

ANAS @ ALTAF v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO

BAIL/4983/2025 · 2025-08-28

Subhash Vidyarthi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4983 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Anil Kumar Tripathi and Sri Ajay Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant, Smt. Shikha Sinha, learned Additional Government Advocate-I for the State and perused the records. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 157 of 2025, under Sections 119(1), 115(2), 352, 351(2), 317(2) B.N.S. 2023, registered at Police Station Krishna Nagar, District Lucknow. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged on 08.04.2025 against six persons including the applicant stating that the co- accused persons Harshit and Adarsh had threatened the informant's son and compelled him to hand over Rs.12,50,000/- in various installments. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of bail application it has been stated that the applicant is a young boy aged 19 years, he is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. All the other co-accused persons are juvenile and they have been granted bail giving them benefit of their being juvenile. 5. The learned Additional Government Advocate-I appearing on behalf of the State has opposed the prayer for bail and she has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge sheet has been submitted on 05.06.2025. 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajai Kumar, Aakil Khan, Jamal Ahamad Khan, Mahesh Kumar Sharma, Mohd. Zishan, Vivek Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anas @ Altaf .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko .....Opposite Party(s) keeping in view the fact that the offence alleged to have been committed by six young persons all of whom are friends and incidentally five of them are less than 18 years of age, whereas the applicant is 19 years of age; that all the other co-accused persons have been granted bail giving them the benefit of their having not attained the age of 18 years, whereas the applicant has no previous criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 24.04.2025 and the investigation already stands concluded and without making any observation, which may affect the merits of the case, I am of the view that the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicant on bail in the aforesaid crime. 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8. Let the applicant-Anas @ Altaf be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of magistrate/court concerned, subject to following conditions:- (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his appearance is exempted by the learned trial court. August 28, 2025 Ram. BAIL No. 4983 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench