HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5603 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. According to the prosecution, the applicant–accused allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs. 5,000/- from the complainant for removing the complainant’s name and that of his brother’s vehicle from the relevant records. It is further alleged that on 11.03.2025, at about 14:30 hours, the applicant was apprehended while taking Rs. 5,000/- out of the pocket of his pant and attempting to throw it into the shop of Munna @ Zulfiqar. Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that the applicant, a Sub- Inspector in the civil police, has no criminal antecedents and is in jail since 12.03.2025. The offence carries a maximum punishment of seven years, and the alleged recovery was not made from the applicant’s person. It is further argued that neither the hands of the applicant nor those of the complainant were washed at the spot, but at the police station P.S. Maurawan, District Unnao, which vitiates the trap proceedings doubtful. The charge sheet has already been submitted. It is further submitted that hands of the applicant and the complainant were not washed at the spot, rather at the police station. P.S. Maurawan, District Unnao which vitiates the trap proceedings and makes it doubtful. Charge Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Nadeem Murtaza, Pranjal Krishna, Shahla Zubair, Suhaib Ashraf, Wali Nawaz Khan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rajendra Kumar Saroj .....Applicant(s) The State Of U.P. Thru. Its Addl. Chief Secy. / Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) sheet has already been filed. It is further submitted that there is no possibility of the applicant of fleeing away after being released from jail or tampering with the witnesses. In case the applicant is enlarged on bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail. Opposing the bail application, learned AGA submits that the FSL report supports the prosecution version and Munna @ Zulfiqar has also corroborated the incident. Taking into account the facts that the applicant has no prior criminal antecedents, is in custody since 12.03.2025, the charge sheet has been filed, the maximum sentence prescribed for the alleged offence is seven years, and considering the manner in which the recovery is said to have been effected, this Court finds it to be a fit case for granting bail to the applicant. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Rajendra Kumar Saroj, involved in Case Crime No.: 3/2025, Under Sections: 7 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Police Station: Anti-Corruption Lucknow, District: ACO UP, 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. Any other condition(s) which the trial court/concerned court may deem fit and proper, in the circumstances of the case, may also be imposed. It is clarified that the observations made in this order are confined to the present bail application and shall have no bearing on the merits of the trial. December 11, 2025/R.C. BAIL No. 5603 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench