HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10891 of 2022 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and perused the record. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is in custody since 10.06.2022. It is argued that he has been falsely implicated. There is no independent witness to the incident, as the certificate under Section 65(b) of the Evidence Act has not been obtained by the prosecuting agency. PW-1 and PW-2 have already been examined before the trial court. It is further submitted that there is no likelihood of the applicant tampering with the evidence. 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 A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant. Considering that the applicant, who has no criminal antecedents, is in jail since 10.06.2022; only two prosecution witnesses have been examined till date; and in view of the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh v. State of Maharashtra, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 1693, this Court finds it a fit case for granting bail to the applicant. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sukh Deo Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, Paritosh Shukla, Shitla Prasad Tripathi, Vaibhav Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sahabuddin .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Sahabuddin, involved in FIR No. 217 of 2022, U/Ss. 377 I.P.C r/w 11 Animal Cruelty Act, P.S. Kotwali Bikapur, District Faizabad/Ayodhya, 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 10, 2025 R.C. BAIL No. 10891 of 2022 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench