HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11769 of 2025 Court No. - 16 HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as also the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The applicant has filed this application seeking bail in Case Crime No. 168 of 2025 under Sections 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 318(4), 338, 341(1), B.N.S., P.S. Nawabganj, District Gonda. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated. It has been further submitted in para- 21 of the affidavit filed in support of the bail-application that the applicant is aged about 80 years and he has also brought on record the parivar register. The applicant was earlier granted bail on 25.07.2022 in Application No. 1833 of 2022, which is also pertaining to the similar offence. The learned counsel has also submitted that there is no allegation that the applicant was involved in counterfeiting of notes. Learned counsel for the applicant further submitted that the case of the applicant is distinguishable on the fact that the applicant is around 80 years of age. 4. Learned A.G.A. opposed the bail, but he could not dispute the fact that the applicant is an aged person. 5. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, particularly the fact that that the applicant is around 80 years of age and he is in jail since 23.05.2025, and his case is distinguishable from rest of the co- accused person, it is fit case for bail. The bail application is accordingly allowed. 6. Let the applicant Vishwanath singh be released on bail in the aforesaid Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Raja Babu Gupta, Vikas Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Vishwanath Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) F.I.R./Case Crime No. 0168 of 2025 on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties, each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, on the 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, unless his appearance is exempted by the learned trial court. November 28, 2025 A.Nigam BAIL No. 11769 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench