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2025 DAILYLAW 167370 (ALL)

POOJA DEVI AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/9296/2025 · 2025-09-25

Subhash Vidyarthi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9296 of 2025 Court No. - 13 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Salik Ram Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicants and Ms. Shikha Sinha, learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicants on bail in Case Crime No.144 of 2025 under Sections 3(5) of BNS and 3/5(1) of U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act registered at Police Station- Hathigawan, District- Pratapgarh. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of an F.I.R. lodged against five persons, including the applicants and some unnamed persons, stating that all the accused persons hold meetings for conversion of religion of persons. 4. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicants are innocent, they have been falsely implicated in the present case and they have no criminal history. 5. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application and she has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge- sheet has been submitted on 21.07.2025. 6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the FIR does not level any specific allegation of giving any allurement or threat to any of the complainant; the applicants are women having no criminal history and they are languishing in jail since 25.07.2025 whereas the investigation stands concluded, I am of the view that Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Salik Ram Tiwari, Arti Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pooja Devi And Another .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) the aforesaid facts are sufficient for making out a case for enlargement of the applicants on bail in the aforesaid case. 7. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Pooja Devi and Ravita Devi 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. September 25, 2025 -Amit K- BAIL No. 9296 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench