Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:66618 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4300 of 2025 Applicant :- Mandeep Kumar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Mukesh Joshi Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Mukesh Joshi, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Vijendra Kumar, learned AGA for the State-respondents and perused the record. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused- applicant, Mandeep Kumar, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 1155 of 2024, under Sections 318(4), 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 & Sections 60, 63 Excise Act, Police Station- Highway, District- Mathura. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused- applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 11.12.2024. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is driver of the vehicle from which 5364 liter McDowells No. 1 English wine has been alleged to be recovered. The applicant has nothing to do with the alleged recovery. The applicant was only transporting wall putty from Ludhiyana, Punjab to Raipur, Chhaattisgarh and the vehicle in question does not belong to him. He has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, bail has been prayed for. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. Considering all above facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Mandeep Kumar, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. 2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. 3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. Order Date :- 29.4.2025 Anjali Digitally signed by :- ANJALI SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad