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2025 DAILYLAW 183585 (ALL)

VEERBHAN SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO.

BAIL/9606/2025 · 2025-11-06

Karunesh Singh Pawar

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9606 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant; learned Additional Government; perused the record. 2. By means of this application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the applicant has prayed for bail in Case Crime No. 95 of 2025 under Sections 109(1), 126(2), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 117(2), 115(2), 352, 351(3), 288 of BNSS, Police Station Udaipur, District Pratapgarh. 3. In the First Information Report lodged on 23.06.2025 against the applicant along with 12 named and 7–8 unnamed persons, it is stated that on the said date at about 1:30 PM, when the family members of the complainant were returning from the field, the accused persons attacked them on the way out of enmity. It is alleged that co-accused persons fired gunshots causing injuries to three persons and fracture to the hand of another person; however, there is no specific allegation against the applicant. 4. In the affidavit filed along with the bail application, it is stated that the applicant is innocent and has no criminal history. 5. In relation to this incident, on behalf of the applicant, the wife the applicant Virbhan lodged a First Information Report, being Case Crime No. 96 of 2025 dated 25.06.2025, against 7 named and 8–10 unnamed persons alleging that due to old enmity, all of them attacked the house of Chaturbhan Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Surendra Singh, Brijendra Kumar Verma Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Ravi Shankar Mishra Veerbhan Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) Singh, in which several persons were injured, household articles were damaged, and cash of ₹20,000/- along with some jewellery was looted. It is also stated that on behalf of the applicant, co-accused Shiv Pratap Singh fired in the air with his licensed gun in self- defence. 6. The applicant also sustained three injuries in the incident. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the co-accused Vinay Singh who was assigned the similar role has been enlarged on bail by this Court vide order dated 22.09.2025 passed in criminal misc. bail application No. 8961 of 2025. Learned counsel for the applicant seeks parity with the order of the co- accused. 7. The applicant is in judicial custody since 24.06.2025. 8. Learned Additional Government Advocate opposed the bail application submitting that the investigation of the case is still in progress. 9. Considering the aforesaid facts that the FIR was lodged against 12 named and 7–8 unnamed persons and there is no specific allegation against the applicant; that the applicant is in judicial custody since 24.06.2025; and that there are no specific allegations against the applicant this Court is of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. 10. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 11. Let the applicant be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned / magistrate subject to the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) The applicant shall not exert pressure on the prosecution witnesses; (iii) The applicant shall appear on each date fixed by the trial court. November 6, 2025 R.C. BAIL No. 9606 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench