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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:83653 Court No. - 68 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6749 of 2025 Applicant :- Pintu Yadav Alias Pinku Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Kamlesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Ashutosh Srivastava,J. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. Heard Shri Kamlesh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri S.K.Rai, learned AGA-Ist, 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, Pintu Yadav Alias Pinku Singh, seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 281 of 2024, under Sections 3/5A /8 of the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, Section 11 of Animal Cruelty (Prevention) Act, 1960, and Section 3/1 of U.P. Gangster Act, Police Station-Aurai, District-Bhadohi.
Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused- applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. The applicant is languishing in jail since
26.01.2025. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant was not arrested on the spot. name of the applicant has been surfaced in the statement of the co-accused. Learned counsel for the applicant submits the recovery shown from the alleged vehicle of 3 live progenies. Neither any beef nor any other incriminating material has been recovered from the possession of the applicant. There is no independent witness of the aforesaid recovery. Criminal history of one case has been properly explained 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. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed, but could not dispute the aforesaid facts.
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. Let the accused-applicant, Pintu Yadav @ Pinku Singh, 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 their 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.
Order Date :- 19.5.2025 Deepak/ Digitally signed by :- DEEPAK KUMAR KUSHWAHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad