HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11682 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. In the prosecution case, it is alleged that four plastic pouches were recovered from the bag carried by co-accused Rajesh @ Rohit. Three pouches were found to contain a brown substance identified as smack, while the fourth pouch contained MD drug. A total of 116 grams of smack is alleged to have been recovered. The applicant’s name surfaced in the confessional statement of the co-accused. It is further alleged that, after 21 days of the incident, 22.31 grams of smack was recovered at the instance of the present applicant. Submission of learned counsel for the applicant is that the recovered quantity is below commercial quantity. It is further stated that the applicant has duly explained his criminal antecedents of seven cases in paragraph 18 of the bail application. Although the search and recovery is stated to have been conducted in the presence of the concerned Circle Officer, he has not been cited as a prosecution witness. 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. Learned AGA has opposed the prayer for bail. Considering the fact that the applicant has explained his criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Irshad Ali, Syed Suleman Abbas Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anil Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) antecedents, the recovered quantity is below commercial quantity, and he is in custody since 20.10.2025, this Court finds it to be a fit case to enlarge the applicant on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Anil Singh, involved in F.I.R. no. 260/2025, U/S-8/22(c) NDPS Act, P.S. - Leelapur, District- Pratapgarh, 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 9, 2025 R.C. BAIL No. 11682 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench