Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:134043 Court No. - 71 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5321 of 2025 Applicant :- Deepu Sonkar Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. 1. The present bail application has been moved by the applicant accused Deepu Sonkar for the offence punishable under Sections 3(1) of U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 in Case Crime No. 398 of 2021, Police Station Bhelupur, District Varanasi. 2. Pradeep Kumar Rai, learned counsel for the accused-applicant, contends that the accused is on bail in the cases shown in the gang chart and in criminal history. He is incarcerated since long. As such, he prays that the accused/applicant be enlarged on bail. 3. Learned A.G.A. as well as Sri Ashish Kumar Gupta, learned counsel for the informant in the base case has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the accused-applicant is a habitual offender and does not deserve bail, but conceded that the criminal history is explained. 4. This court has taken into consideration the rival submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and perused the records. 5. The criminal history and the nature of offences mentioned in the criminal history has been considered. The record prima facie reveals that there are two cases mentioned in the gang chart, wherein, the accused is on bail. In the criminal history, one case is mentioned and in which case, the accused is on bail, duly explained in the supplementary affidavit. There is nothing on record to show that the accused-applicant has interfered in the investigation or influenced the witnesses. He is in jail since 20.06.2020. 6. Hence, without touching merit of the case, the bail application is allowed. 7. The accused/applicant be released on bail in the aforesaid case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of court concerned in view of observation made by the Supreme Court in its dictums of Girish Gandhi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh [(2024) 10 SCC 674] and Policy Strategy for grant of bail in re [(2024)10SCC 685]. 8. The accused-applicant shall cooperate in judicial process for fair and speedy disposal. Order Date :- 7.8.2025 Mini (Avnish Saxena,J.) Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- MINI KANAUJIYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad