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2025 DAILYLAW 191845 (ALL)

SACHIN SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P.

BAIL/21691/2025 · 2025-10-13

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21691 of 2025 Court No. - 69 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed by learned counsel for the applicant in Court today, is taken on record. 2. Heard Mr. Shiv Shankar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. D.P.S. Chauhan, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 3. Instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail during the trial in Case Crime No. 77 of 2025, under Sections 140(2) of the BNS, Police Station- Shivrajpur, District Kanpur Nagar. 4. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that the allegation has been made against the three persons including the present applicant for abduction of Arbind @ Pankaj Kariyar who admitted himself in his second statement that certain amount of Priyanshu Singh was due to him for which he abducted and pressurized him to pay that amount. It is further submitted that co-accused namely Priyanshu Singh has already been enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.21978 of 2025 vide order dated 11.08.2025. Therefore, he is seeking parity of the order aforesaid. The applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 09.05.2025. The charge sheet has already been submitted by the police, therefore, there is no requirement for custodial interrogation, therefore, he is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In case, he is granted bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the trial proceedings Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Deepak Kumar Pandey, Santosh Kumar Verma, Sharique Ahmed, Shiv Shankar Shukla, Vibhuti Narayan Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sachin Shukla .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Per contra, learned A.G.A. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the fact that applicant has parity with the co- accused Priyanshu Singh who has already been enlarged on bail by a co- ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.21978 of 2025 vide order dated 11.08.2025. 6. Thus, considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and co-accused Priyanshu Singh who has already been enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.21978 of 2025 vide order dated 11.08.2025 and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, complicity of accused and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. 7. Let the applicant- Sachin Shukla involved in the aforementioned crime be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, with the following conditions:- i. The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicant shall cooperate in the trial/investigation sincerely without seeking any adjournment. iii. The applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity or commission of any crime after being released on bail. iv. The applicant shall attend in accordance with the conditions of the bond executed by him. 8. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 9. Identity, status and residence proof of the applicant and sureties be verified by the court concerned before the bonds are accepted. October 14, 2025 Imtiyaz BAIL No. 21691 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.) Digitally signed by :- IMTIYAZ AHMAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad