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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:19047 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3899 of 2025 Applicant :- Geeta And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Anil Kumar Dubey,Chandra Bhan Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Heard Shri Anil Kumar Dubey, learned counsel for the applicants, Sri Arimardan Yadav, learned AGA for the State-Respondents and perused the record. This bail application under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been moved on behalf of accused- applicants, Geeta, Payal and Sangita, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 462 of 2024, under Sections 3, 5(1) of the U.P. Religion Conversion Act, Police Station Partapur, District Meerut.
Learned counsel for the applicants argued that the accused- applicants are innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. Learned counsel for the applicants submits that no evidence was produced by the informant to prove the allegation that the accused-applicants converted their religion from Hindu to Christian. He further submits that the accused-applicants did not pay money to the persons in lieu of their conversion from Hindu to Christian. No credible evidence has been collected by the Investigating Office and no incriminating material has been received from the possession of the applicant. He submits that there is no credible evidence against the applicant. The applicants are languishing in jail since 10.12.2024. The applicants have no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, the bail has been prayed for.
Learned counsel for the informant as well as learned AGA has vehemently opposed, but could not dispute the fact that applicants have no criminal antecedents.
Considering all those facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima-facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicants, Geeta, Payal and Sangita, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on their executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicants will not tamper with the evidence.
2. The applicants will not indulge in any criminal activity.
3. The applicants will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial.
4. The applicants will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless their personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel their bail.
Order Date :- 7.2.2025 pks Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad