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LAKHVINDER SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME SECTT., LKO.

BAIL/8136/2025 · 2025-08-29

Subhash Vidyarthi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8136 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Anil Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Satendra Srivastava, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Range Case No.01 of 2025-26 under Sections 9/51(1C), 27/51(1C), 48A/51(1C) of Wild Life Protection Act and 26 Indian Wild Life Act registered at Police Station- Sampurnagar, District- Kheri. 3. The aforesaid Range Case has been registered on 30.06.2025 on the basis of a complaint against four persons, including the applicant, stating that the accused persons were found cooking flesh of a prohibited animal- Cheetal. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 5. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application and he has submitted that the applicant has been arrested along with the flesh of a protected wild animal. 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the allegation levelled in the complaint that Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anil Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Lakhvinder Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Sectt., Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) semi-cooked flesh was recovered from a utensil with hairs on the flesh, which appears to be inherently improbable and that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 30.06.2025, 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 case. 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Lakhvinder Singh be released on bail in the aforementioned 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. August 29, 2025 -Amit K- BAIL No. 8136 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- PREETI GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench