MAHENDRA KUMAR MISHRA @ CHOTU v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.
/9949/2025 · 2025-11-26
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9949 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record.
2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.
3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No. 32 of 2025, under sections 8/22 NDPS Act and Section 111 BNS, P.S. Kotwali Dehat, District Sultanpur.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in the same case the accused from whom recovery was effected has been enlarged on bail vide
order dated 14.5.2025 passed in Criminal Misc Bail Application No. 2872 of 2025. It is stated that no recovery was effected from the applicant and subsequently based upon the statement of persons who were apprehended the applicant was linked with the offence in question. It is stated that on the basis of similar allegations the applicant was also linked with another offence bearing being FIR no. 77 of 2025 in which the applicant is on bail. In the all cases the applicant is on bail. Prima facie the material to link the applicant with the offence in question under Section 111 BNS is not made out.
5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances and adopting the same
reasoning as in the case of co accused, however, without commenting Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vivek Chandra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mahendra Kumar Mishra @ Chotu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s)
upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 4.5.2025 is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed.
7. Let the applicant Mahendra Kumar Mishra @ Chotu be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. November 26, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 9949 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench