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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21647 of 2025 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J.
1. Supplementary affidavit filed today by learned counsel for the applicant is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ajay Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State-Respondent and perused the record. 3. This bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 80 of 2025, under Sections 3/5A/8 U.P. Cow Slaughter Act, and Section 11 of Animal Cruelty Act, Police Station Tahabarpur, District Azamgarh. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. The allegation of transporting the animals for slaughtering is false. He submits that there is no recovery of cow progeny or cow meat or any other incriminating article from the possession of the present applicant. The applicant is not involved in the business of purchase and sale of the animals. The Police has shown false recovery of the alleged animals from the possession of the applicant. There is no independent or public witness of the alleged incident. He further submits that the applicant is languishing in jail since 16.04.2025 and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. The co-accused namely Abid Ali has already been granted bail vide order dated 19.09.2025 passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Misc. Bail Applications No. 32340 of 2025. The applicant has criminal history of 12 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Singh, Pratibha Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rohit Yadav .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s)
cases to his credit which has been explained in the affidavit filed in support of the bail application. Hence, bail has been prayed for. 5. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed, but could not dispute the fact that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. 6. 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. 7. Let the accused-applicant, Rohit Yadav, 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: i. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. iii. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. iv. 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. 8. 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 pks BAIL No. 21647 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad