HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33104 of 2025 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Shri Janardan Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Shri R. K. Nishad, learned Brief Holder 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-applicant, Mahendra Rai , seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 160 of 2025, under Sections 3/5A/5B/8 Cow Slaughter Act and Section 11 of Animal Cruelty Act, Police Station Sakaldiha, District Chandauli. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent. He has been falsely implicated in this very case crime number and is languishing in jail since 24.8.2025 Learned counsel for the applicant submits that similarly circumstanced co-accused Joginder Rai has already been enlarged on bail by this Court on 9.10.2025 in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 34698 of 2025. He has 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, bail has been prayed for. Per contra learned Brief Holder has opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant, but could not dispute the aforesaid fact. Considering all above 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Janardan Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mahendra Rai .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the accused-applicant, Mahendra Rai , involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his 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 applicant will not tamper with the evidence. 2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. 3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his 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 his bail. October 15, 2025 Ravi Prakash BAIL No. 33104 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad